Who polices Plainville
Plainville has its own police department. Arrests in town are made by Plainville officers, who handle booking and either release you on a written promise to appear or set a bond.
One department, one place your paperwork came from, and one number to call about someone still being held.
Where your case goes
Plainville cases are prosecuted at New Britain Superior Court, GA 15. Plainville was formerly served by the Bristol court, GA 17, which has closed, so if an old reference sends you to Bristol, go to New Britain instead.
The court page covers parking, which is mostly metered or paid, and the docket. Released, your date is on your paperwork. Held, you go to court the next business day.
After the arrest
Two ways out of a Plainville arrest: released on a promise to appear or after posting a bond, with a date printed on your paperwork, or held until court the next business day. The bond and bail page explains the types of bond; the arrest page explains booking.
Do not describe the incident to anyone before you have an attorney, including on a call from holding, which is recorded.
A family violence arrest goes to court the next business day whichever way you were released, and a protective order issues at that appearance. If you disagree with it, the moment to say so is then, not later. The arraignment page covers the appearance and the what to expect page covers the case.
Common charges in Plainville
The Plainville docket at GA 15 runs to DUI, larceny and shoplifting, assault, domestic violence and family violence, and drug possession. For someone with no record the realistic goal is usually a diversionary program that ends the case in a dismissal rather than a conviction.