Who polices Chaplin
Chaplin has no town police department. It is covered by a resident state trooper assigned from Connecticut State Police Troop D, so arrests here are made by state troopers.
For a family trying to find someone after an arrest, that means calling a barracks rather than a station in Chaplin. There is not one, and the troop is where the paperwork and the bond information sit.
Where your case goes
Chaplin cases go to Danielson Superior Court, GA 11, east at 120 School Street. It is one of the longer drives in this court from the western end of the county, so read the court page on parking before the day rather than on the morning.
Let go after booking, you appear when the paperwork says. Kept in, you are before a judge the next business day.
After the arrest
Two outcomes, and the bond separates them. Released on a written promise to appear or after posting, you keep the date you were handed; unable to post, you stay until court the next business day. The arrest page and the bond and bail page cover both ends.
Do not describe what happened to anyone before an attorney has heard it, on a recorded line or off one.
Family violence sits outside that: court the next business day, and a protective order issued at the appearance which can bar you from your own home. The arraignment page explains the date and the what to expect page explains the arc.
Common charges in Chaplin
The Chaplin docket at GA 11 is small: DUI, drug possession, assault, domestic violence and family violence, and larceny and shoplifting. A first offense frequently qualifies for a diversionary program, and most can be used only once, which makes the timing of the application a real decision.