Access Westland 72 Hour Booking
Westland 72 hour booking records are generated at the Wayne County Jail after someone is arrested by the Westland Police Department. Like most cities in Wayne County, Westland does not operate its own jail for extended holds. People arrested here are taken to the county jail in Detroit for formal processing. You can search for a recent Westland booking through the Wayne County Sheriff Connect tool or call the jail. This page explains how Westland arrests turn into booking records and how you can get copies of them.
Westland Booking Overview
Westland Police and 72 Hour Booking
The Westland Police Department is at 36701 Ford Rd., Westland, MI 48185. Their main number is 734-722-9600. Westland is a city of about 82,000 people in the central part of Wayne County, just south of Livonia and west of Dearborn Heights. The police department handles all law enforcement in the city. When officers arrest someone, they bring the person to the station on Ford Road for initial processing.
After that step, the person gets moved to the Wayne County Jail at 5301 Russell St. in Detroit. That is where the 72 hour booking takes place. Jail staff log the person's name, date of birth, charges, and bond amount. They take a mugshot. The booking data enters the Wayne County system and stays there. Westland police keep the arrest report on their end, but the actual booking record belongs to the Wayne County Sheriff.
Wayne County Jail for Westland Arrests
Wayne County operates three jail facilities. Jail I at 570 Clinton St. has 867 beds. Jail II at 525 Clinton St. holds 770 people. Jail III at 3501 Hamtramck Dr. in Hamtramck can hold 896 inmates. The total capacity is around 2,500. Someone arrested in Westland could be placed at any of these three buildings depending on charges, gender, and available space.
The main jail line is 313-967-6666. You can call that number to ask about custody status for someone booked after a Westland arrest. The jail processes about eight bookings per day on average from cities across Wayne County. Westland is one of many cities that feeds into this system. Garden City, Inkster, Romulus, and other smaller communities nearby also use the same Wayne County Jail.
The booking record is created at intake and kept on file even after the person leaves custody.
Note: Westland does not run its own jail. All bookings go to the Wayne County Jail in Detroit at 313-967-6666.
Find Westland Booking Records Online
Use the Wayne County Sheriff Connect to search for someone booked after a Westland arrest. This free tool lets you look up inmates by name. It shows charges, bond info, and which of the three facilities the person is in. You can use it at any time. No login is needed.
VineLink works for Westland bookings too. Search by name to see if someone is in Wayne County custody. VineLink also offers alerts. If the person is released or transferred to another facility, you get a call, text, or email. The Michigan VINE phone line is 800-770-7657.
For court records linked to a Westland arrest, try the Michigan Courts Case Search. It shows filings, hearing dates, and case status. The ICHAT system from the Michigan State Police costs $10 and gives you a criminal history check based on fingerprint records.
The Express Account bond posting system is shown below. Some Michigan jails use this for online bond payments after a booking.
Check with the Wayne County Jail on which bond payment methods they accept for Westland arrests.
Westland 72 Hour Booking FOIA Requests
Under Michigan's Freedom of Information Act, you can request 72 hour booking records from any government agency. The law is at MCL § 15.231 et seq. It covers all public records, and booking records fall under that. You do not have to say why you want the records. MCL § 15.233 makes that clear.
For the arrest report from Westland, send your FOIA request to the Westland Police Department at 36701 Ford Rd. For the booking record from the jail, send it to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office or use the Wayne County FOIA form online. Include the full name of the person you are looking for. A date of birth or arrest date helps speed things up. The agency has five business days to respond per MCL § 15.235. They can ask for ten more days on big requests.
Fees for copies are $0.10 to $0.25 per page. Labor is charged at the rate of the lowest paid clerk. If you qualify as indigent, the first $20 gets waived under the law. Under MCL § 750.491, all official records are public property of the people of Michigan. Withholding a booking record without a valid legal exemption is a misdemeanor under MCL § 750.492.
What Westland Booking Records Show
A Westland 72 hour booking record includes these details:
- Full legal name and any aliases
- Date of birth and physical description
- Charges at booking
- Bond amount and type
- Booking date, time, and facility
- Arresting agency (Westland Police Department)
- Mugshot
Booking photos are public records in Michigan. Courts have held that mugshots cannot be withheld on privacy grounds. If you request one through FOIA, the agency is required to provide it unless a specific exemption applies.
Westland Booking vs State Prison Records
The Wayne County Jail is for pretrial holds and short sentences. If someone from a Westland arrest gets convicted and sentenced to more than one year, they go to a state facility. The Michigan Department of Corrections runs the state prisons. You can search for state prisoners at OTIS. But OTIS does not have county jail records. The 72 hour booking record stays with Wayne County.
For recent Westland bookings, go to Sheriff Connect or VineLink first. For someone serving state time, use OTIS. The two systems do not overlap.
Wayne County 72 Hour Booking
Westland is in Wayne County. Every Westland arrest goes through the Wayne County Jail for formal booking. Visit the Wayne County page for full details on the jail system, contacts, and FOIA process.
Other Wayne County Cities
These nearby cities share the Wayne County Jail with Westland for all 72 hour bookings.