Who polices Coventry
Coventry runs its own police department. Arrests in town are made by Coventry officers, who book you at the Coventry Police Department and set the initial bond or release you on a written promise to appear.
That matters mostly for the practical part of a bad night: there is one department to call about someone being held, and one place the paperwork comes from. The case itself goes to the same court as every other arrest in this part of Tolland County.
Where your case goes
Coventry arrests are prosecuted at Rockville Superior Court, GA 19, in the Rockville section of Vernon. The court page has the parking, the arraignment docket, and what to expect when you walk in.
Your court date depends on how you left the police department. Released, it is printed on your paperwork. Held, you go to court the next business day.
After the arrest
How the night ends decides what comes next. Coventry officers either release you on a written promise to appear or set a bond, and if you can post it you leave with a court date. If you cannot, you are held until the next business day and a judge reviews the amount. The arrest page covers booking and release, and the bond and bail page covers how the number is set and how a bondsman works.
A family violence arrest is the exception to all of that. Court is the next business day whether or not you were released, and the judge issues a protective order at that appearance. It can order you out of your own house the same day, so speak to an attorney before you go.
Whatever the charge, do not explain it. Not to the officers, not to anyone at the department, and not on a phone from a holding cell, which is recorded. The arraignment page walks through that first court date and the what to expect page puts it in the shape of the whole case.
Common charges in Coventry
The charges that bring Coventry residents to GA 19 are the ordinary ones: DUI, domestic violence and family violence, assault, drug possession, and larceny and shoplifting. For a first offense there is often a diversionary program that ends with the charge dismissed, and applying for the right one at the right time is a decision worth making with an attorney.