Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Calhoun County, Alabama, has about 116,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Calhoun County depends on where the incident happened: the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Alabama Public Records Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Calhoun County public records, Calhoun County arrest records, Calhoun County warrants, Calhoun County inmate search, Calhoun County criminal records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Calhoun County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Calhoun County that is the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries Jacksonville State University (campus police), with a records office of its own.
The Glencoe Police Department and the Southside Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Calhoun County, so their arrests are not broken out for Calhoun County here.
Reports from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 266 violent and 221 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 333 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (256) 236-6600. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at calcoso.org/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster | Calhoun County Sheriff's Office), phone (256) 236-6600, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Calhoun County
The six cities the FBI lists in Calhoun County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Oxford: 40 violent and 526 property crimes reported for 2025; 826 arrests reported for 2025. The Oxford police department's page is at oxfordal.gov/departments/police-department, phone 256-831-3121 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Anniston: 153 violent and 758 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,167 arrests reported for 2025. The Anniston police department's page is at annistonal.gov/anniston-police-department-faq, phone 256-236-5561 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Jacksonville: 93 violent and 327 property crimes reported for 2025; 464 arrests reported for 2025.
- Piedmont: 57 violent and 62 property crimes reported for 2025; 127 arrests reported for 2025.
- Weaver: 10 violent and 66 property crimes reported for 2025; 349 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ohatchee: 4 violent and 42 property crimes reported for 2025; 23 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: Calhoun County in 2025
The seven agencies in Calhoun County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 623 violent and 2,002 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the seven agencies in Calhoun County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,289 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Alabama Public Records Law Requires
The Alabama Public Records Law sets the rules: an answer within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, at a charge of a reasonable fee for copies, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at calhoun.alacourt.gov/record-request-and-copies (page title: Calhoun County | Seventh Circuit Court of Alabama).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Calhoun County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
How long does an agency in Calhoun County have to answer?
Under the Alabama Public Records Law, within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline. It may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
How do I get a report from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (256) 236-6600. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Calhoun County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.