Where City-Holding Releases Go
The Facility Map describes other municipal police holding cells in Colbert County as temporary law-enforcement custody operated by city police departments, depending on the arresting agency. Research did not identify a separate municipal release list for these short-hold locations. The practical release record depends on what happened after arrest.
If a city arrest led to booking at the Colbert County Detention Center, use the sheriff roster and released roster. If the city agency released the person directly on a city charge, confirmation usually comes from the police department or municipal court record. If the person was moved to Tuscumbia City Jail for female-inmate placement or to the county jail for male custody placement, follow that facility's page.
Because this workflow is inferred from the sheriff's jail division, Tuscumbia's female-inmate role, and the court/jail record paths, this page does not claim that every city maintains a public release feed. Use it as a routing page for identifying the right custodian.
Confirm a Municipal Release
- Identify the arresting police department and city court, if known.
- Search the Colbert sheriff current roster at colbertsheriff.net/roster.php to see whether the person was booked into county custody.
- Search the sheriff released roster at colbertsheriff.net/roster.php?released=1 if the county booking appears to have ended inside the 48-hour window.
- If no county booking appears, contact the municipal police department or municipal court for the custody or disposition record.
- If the record points to a state, federal, or immigration transfer, follow the ADOC, BOP, or ICE page instead of stopping at the city release.
For a Colbert County city charge, the court record may outlast the short custody event. It can show disposition, bond order, dismissal, sentence, warrant status, or another order explaining why custody ended.
Municipal Records and Contacts
There is no single municipal holding-cell contact for all cities in the research file. Start with the city police agency that made the arrest, then use the Colbert County Sheriff's Office if the person was booked into county custody. For Tuscumbia female-inmate placement, Tuscumbia Police Department is the specific facility contact.
Routing Contacts
Colbert County Sheriff's Office: 201 North Main Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674; 256-383-0741
Tuscumbia Police Department: 218 S. Dickson Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674; 256-383-3121
Court path: Colbert County Circuit Court and Alacourt ACCESS for county-level case records
About Municipal Holding
Municipal holding is usually a temporary point between arrest, release on a city matter, court appearance, or transfer to a larger jail. In Colbert County, the sheriff's published facility details make the county jail and Tuscumbia City Jail the central detention references. Other city holding questions should be answered by tracing the arresting agency and the receiving custody agency.
For release-record requests, use purpose-neutral wording and ask for the custody/release status, date and time if maintained, charge or hold code, and transfer notation if the person was moved to another agency. Avoid assuming that a city release proves the person has no remaining court case or custody obligation.
City Arrest to County Release
A city arrest can move through more than one record system. The arresting police department may create the first incident or custody record. If the person is booked into the Colbert County Detention Center, the sheriff's current roster and 48-hour release roster become the public online custody path. If the person is a female county detainee placed at Tuscumbia City Jail, the physical-facility question can still point back to Tuscumbia even when the county sheriff maintains the booking-level roster record.
When a city releases someone directly, the county jail may have no online release entry because the person was never booked into county custody. In that case, the municipal police agency, municipal court, or court disposition is the better source. Ask for the date custody ended, the charge or citation tied to the hold, the court or docket reference, and whether the person was transferred to any county, state, federal, or immigration agency. That keeps a short holding-cell release from being confused with a county jail release.
Municipal Court Follow-Up
The court record may be the only lasting public clue after a short city hold. It can show whether a city charge was filed, continued, dismissed, resolved by plea, or moved into a county-level case. For county-level criminal cases, Alacourt and the Colbert County Circuit Court path are the research-supported options. For purely municipal matters, start with the city court or clerk tied to the arresting agency.
If the person was transferred into county custody, ask the city agency for the transfer destination and then ask the sheriff for the county booking number. If the person was released directly by the city, ask for the release date and the court or citation reference tied to that custody event. Those two questions prevent a municipal release from being misread as a missing county jail record.
When the arresting agency is unclear, use the charge location, citation, court notice, or family contact with the arresting officer to identify the first custodian. Then follow the record forward from city custody to county jail, Tuscumbia placement, ADOC, BOP, or ICE as the facts require.