Who polices Tolland
Tolland has no municipal police department. The town is covered by resident state troopers assigned from Connecticut State Police Troop C, and the Troop C barracks sits in Tolland, so state police presence in town is constant rather than occasional.
Interstate 84 runs through Tolland, and highway stops are worked by the same troop. For a reader that means the arresting officer is a state trooper whether the stop happened on a back road or on the interstate, and the paperwork comes from the barracks rather than a town department. It changes nothing about where the case is heard.
Where your case goes
Every Tolland arrest is prosecuted at Rockville Superior Court, GA 19, in the Rockville section of Vernon, a short drive from the barracks that made the arrest. The court page covers parking, the docket, and what the first appearance looks like.
If troopers released you, the date is on the paperwork they gave you. If you were held, you are brought to court the next business day.
After the arrest
Troopers either release you from the barracks on a promise to appear or after a bond, or hold you for court the next business day. Released, your date is on the paperwork; held, a judge reviews the bond at the first appearance. The arrest page explains booking and the bond and bail page explains the bond itself.
The single most useful thing you can do between now and court is stay quiet about what happened. People talk themselves into worse charges at this stage more than at any other, and a call from a holding cell is recorded and routinely used later.
If the arrest was a family violence arrest, court is the next business day regardless of how you were released, and a protective order will issue at that appearance. It can keep you out of your home for the length of the case. The arraignment page covers what that first date involves, and the what to expect page covers the rest.
Common charges in Tolland
With the interstate running through town, a large share of Tolland arrests begin as traffic stops, which makes DUI and drug possession the charges GA 19 sees most often out of Tolland. The rest are the ordinary ones: domestic violence and family violence, assault, and larceny and shoplifting. A first offense frequently qualifies for a diversionary program ending in dismissal.