Who polices Vernon
Vernon is covered by the Vernon Police Department, a full municipal department. Arrests in town are made by Vernon officers, and their cases are prosecuted at GA 19.
State police from Troop C in Tolland handle Interstate 84 within Vernon, so a highway stop may be a state police arrest even inside town lines. Either way the case goes to the same court.
Where your case goes
Every Vernon arrest is heard at Rockville Superior Court, GA 19, in the Rockville section of Vernon, which means your courthouse is local. The court page covers parking, the arraignment docket, and what to expect when you arrive.
If you were released after the arrest, your court date is on your paperwork. If you were held, you go to court the next business day.
After the arrest
What happens next depends on how you left the police station. Released on a written promise to appear or after posting a bond, you walk in on the date printed on your paperwork. Held overnight, you are brought to court the next business day, where a judge reviews the bond. The arrest page covers booking and release, and the bond and bail page covers how the amount is set.
If the arrest was a family violence arrest, court is the next business day whether or not you were released, and the judge will issue a protective order at that appearance. It can order you out of your own home, so talk to an attorney before you go.
Whatever the charge, do not discuss the case. Not with the police, not with anyone at the station, and not on a jail phone, which is recorded. The arraignment page explains that first court date in full, and the what to expect page puts it in the shape of the whole case.
Common charges in Vernon
The charges that bring most people to GA 19 from Vernon are DUI, domestic violence and family violence, assault, drug possession, and larceny and shoplifting. Interstate 84 runs through the middle of town, which makes DUI and drug charges out of traffic stops a larger share of the Vernon docket than the town's size alone would suggest. A first offense often has a diversionary program that ends in dismissal.