Preston Police Department
City agency in Jackson County. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- 938 (FBI figure, 2025)
- Counties
- Jackson County
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since January 2021.
- Months sent in 2025
- 9 of 12
- FBI agency code
- IA0490300
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
When court is not in session, jail or police staff may release a person under the judicial council's statewide bond schedule before the person sees a magistrate. A judge or magistrate may also order release by phone. Otherwise a magistrate sets release at the initial appearance and must put the order in writing.
Iowa Code 804.21Iowa Code 811.2- Time to see a judge
After a warrantless arrest, police must take the person before the nearest or most accessible magistrate without unnecessary delay. Iowa law sets no number of hours.
Iowa Code 804.22
Crime and arrests
No figures yet
This agency's reported offenses, clearances, and arrests appear here once the agency series is published.