10/27/2026
Another day another scam. 🙄🙄🙄
Please please please do your research people!
If you have questions give us a call or call the jail to verify.
Above all else if it feels like a scam it probably is
📞 816-221-7161
📍 Serving KC metro area and surrounding Missouri areas!
UPDATE:
Alternative Monitoring Solutions also is an approved provider of ankle monitoring services in Clay County.
ORIGINAL:
Well here's a new one: a resident who has a loved one incarcerated in our Detention Center received a call this week from a scammer claiming to be our deputy. The scammer tried to get her to pay them $1,200 for an ankle monitor. The scammer knew details about the progress of her loved one's court case (which are publicly available on Missouri Casenet) and used those to appear legitimate. He told her that her loved one was being put on a "pretrial release program," and without her paying the $1,200, the loved one would have to stay in jail. He directed her to pay in cash at an address with a Bitcoin ATM machine. Fortunately, she was able to determine it was a scam.
Ankle monitors are ordered by the Court. The Sheriff's Office does not call anyone about them. Much like bondsmen, inmates or their loved ones have to reach out to make arrangements with the two companies authorized to provide monitoring services in Clay County: ESA and Guardian.
Remember, if anyone calls you claiming to be us and demands money, IT IS A SCAM.