Jonesboro Police Department
City agency in Craighead County. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- 83,296 (FBI figure, 2025)
- City or town
- Jonesboro city (the Census place its FBI map point falls in)
- Counties
- Craighead County
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since August 2003.
- Months sent in 2025
- 12 of 12
- FBI agency code
- AR0160100
Source: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.
After an arrest
- Who decides release first
A judge, usually a district judge, decides release at the first appearance; in felony cases, the circuit judges can name district judges as criminal magistrates to do this. A judge who signs an arrest warrant can set bail on it. Many counties also let the jail accept bond on a schedule the local judges sign; this varies by county and was not confirmed statewide.
Ark. R. Crim. P. 1.8, 8.1 to 8.5, 9.2 (Arkansas Judiciary text, as printed 2026)- Time to see a judge
A person arrested and not released must be taken before a judicial officer without unnecessary delay; the rules set no hour limit. A person held after a warrantless arrest must have a judge find reasonable cause within 48 hours, unless the prosecutor shows an emergency.
Ark. R. Crim. P. 4.1(e), 8.1 (Arkansas Judiciary text, as printed 2026)
Crime and arrests
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