• Phone: 248-524-3466
• Supervisor: Sgt. Justin Novak 248-524-3556

Frequently Asked Questions -- Lockup

The lockup is a facility operated by the Troy Police Department for the detention of persons awaiting processing, booking, Court appearances, or transportation to jail. The detention period is not to exceed 72 hours. The lockup is operational 24 hours a day.


It is the philosophy of the Troy Police Department to provide for the fair treatment of prisoners and efficient operation of a lockup facility. Through technology, organization, policy and compliance with the law, the department makes available a safe environment for its employees and prisoners. Lockup personnel protect the constitutional rights of each individual in its custody, while maintaining security and control of the facility.


The lockup has 10 cells, consisting of eight individual cells, and two large holding cells. One of the cells is handicapped accessible. The lockup has the capacity to house a maximum of 30 prisoners. There are no bars on any cell; instead they are fronted with thick, laminated glass. The cells are arranged so that they are in direct view of lockup personnel from inside the control room.


Prisoners are given three meals a day, and although we have no medical staff on the premises, an ambulance and/or paramedics are on call and can be on the scene usually within minutes.


Personnel inside the control room (see picture at left) are able to maintain visual and audio contact with all persons in the cells. All exterior entrances to lockup are also visually monitored inside the control room.


In the booking area of lockup, pertinent information is entered into a countywide computer system, and photographs and fingerprints are taken.


Fingerprints are submitted using a computer system called Live Scan. Instead of using ink, the impressions are now taken on plain glass and the images are scanned by the computer and printed on cards. At the touch of a button, the fingerprints are electronically sent to the State Police and the FBI and lockup personnel can within minutes verify if the subject being printed has been arrested before and his/her identity.


Lockup personnel processed  3112 prisoners in 2006, 323 of which were Clawson Police Department arrests.  258 of the prisoners processed were juveniles (256 were Troy arrests and 2 were Clawson arrests.) 

In 2005, a total of 2771 prisoners were processed.