West Fargo Police Department
City agency in Cass County. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- 41,577 (FBI figure, 2025)
- City or town
- West Fargo city (the Census place its FBI map point falls in)
- Counties
- Cass County
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since August 1991.
- Months sent in 2025
- 12 of 12
- FBI agency code
- ND0090300
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
Jails and police follow the Supreme Court's Uniform Bail Schedule, which mostly points to release on a promise to appear rather than money. People held on felonies, on violent, sexual, or domestic violence misdemeanors, or on certain warrants may be held for a judicial officer. A district judge or a lawyer magistrate then sets release at the initial appearance.
N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 63N.D.R.Crim.P. 46- Time to see a judge
A person arrested must be taken without unnecessary delay before the nearest available magistrate. The bail schedule rule asks that every effort be made to hold the appearance within 48 hours of arrest, but no rule sets a firm number of hours.
N.D.R.Crim.P. 5(a)N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 63(g)
Crime and arrests
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