VINE
Victim Information & Notification
Everyday
General Information
(V.I.N.E.) is a free and anonymous telephone service that
provides victims of crime two important features: information and notification.
The Kings County VINE service is provided by the Kings County Sheriff's
Department.
VINE monitors the
custody status of offenders in the County Jail. VINE receives updated
information every 15 minutes via an interface with
the Kings County Jail booking system.
The information is stored at
the VINE Communications Center in Louisville, KY. Information is available
24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The VINE service
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Information
Anyone may call the
Kings County VINE line to determine the custody status of an offender.
Callers will need a touch-tone telephone to use the service. To search
for offender information through VINE, callers will need to provide
one of the following items:
- Offender Name
or Alias
- Secondary search options if there is more than one offender with
the same name:
Middle Initial
Date of Birth
Arrest Date
- Offender Identification
Number
Information provided
when calling VINE:
- Current Offender
Custody Status
- Offender Number
(if searched by name)
- Location of
Offender
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Registration
Crime victims and
the general public register directly with VINE by calling 1-800-491-0689 using
a touch-tone telephone or by registering online at www.vinelink.com.
After locating the offender, to register for notification, they will
need to provide VINE with the following information:
- A telephone
number, including area code, they can be reached for notification
- A 4-digit Personal
Identification Number (PIN)
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Notification
Unless otherwise
noted, notification calls begin as soon as VINE receives updated records
from the on-site computer. Notification calls to registered persons
will be made when one of the following occur:
- Release from
custody for any reason
- Escape
- Return to custody
after escape
- Unsupervised
custody
- Transfer to
another facility
- Advance notification
of release
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Calling Pattern
Calls will be made
every 30 minutes for 24 hours or until the correct PIN is
entered to confirm and stop the notification calls.
If a call is answered
but unconfirmed, then calls will be made every 2 hours for 24
hours.
Notification messages will be left on an answering machine,
but calls will continue every 2 hours for 24 hours.
NOTE: Notification
calls show up as unknown on Caller ID and if these calls are blocked,
VINE will not get through.
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