Full Notification

DATE: Feb. 22, 2010
TIME: N/A
CASE NUMBER: N/A
INCIDENT TYPE: 2010 Warrant Round-Up
OFFICER SUBMITTING RELEASE: Sgt. Barbee/Cpl. Neufeld-Crime Prevention Unit

DETAILS: The Amarillo Police Department, in conjunction with the City of Amarillo Municipal Court, will be participating in the Texas State Warrant Roundup. Beginning today, 2-22-2010, people with outstanding Amarillo Municipal Court warrants will be receiving warrant notice postcards in the mail. The cards are to remind people that they have the next two weeks to contact the court and arrange to clear up the warrants. A copy of the notification post card is provided with this release.
Beginning on March 8th, the Amarillo Police Department will have police officers specifically assigned to serving Municipal Court warrants. They will be visiting the wanted persons’ homes and places of employment to arrest those that have failed to contact the court about the warrants.
Victoria Medley, Court Administrator, said that there are 35,887 warrants outstanding.
The Municipal Court will be open Monday through Friday, 8AM to 5PM. On Thursdays, the court remains open until 7PM.
The public can view a complete list of all warrants on the Amarillo Police Dept. web site, amarillopolice.org. Click on that link or call the court at 378-6280 for more information.

*****UPDATED 3/4/2010 9:35 AM******Nearly 2 weeks into the round up, the Municipal Court reports that 2089 warrants have been cleared through walk-ins and normal arrest activity. There is still well over 30,000 warrants to be served. The total face value of all warrants cleared is nearly $400,000 ($399,543.10). This includes warrants that are paid off and those cleared by jail credits.

To clarify some rumors circulating regarding the round up, people need to be able to pay their fine in full or see a Municipal Court Judge.

The Municipal Court is open until 7:00 PM on Thursday and will be open until 5:00 PM Friday.

Starting Monday 3-8-10, APD officers will start knocking on residents doors and going to employers in an attempt to locate wanted individuals.