Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Coosa County, Alabama, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Coosa County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Coosa County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Coosa County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Coosa County
The Coosa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Coosa County. It reported 337 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Coosa County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Goodwater, 1,255 residents: 8 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rockford, 349 residents.
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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Coosa County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Coosa County Sheriff's Office: 337 for 2025, 314 for 2024, 317 for 2023 and 499 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Goodwater: 8 for 2025, 21 for 2024 and 9 for 2021; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 345 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 345 in 2025 against 335 in 2024, up 3 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 266 arrests, against 185 in the same months of 2025.
Rockford reported only part of 2025 (2 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Coosa County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Coosa County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 2 people, down from about 34 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 2 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Coosa County Sheriff's Office at coosacountyal.com/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Coosa County, Alabama), phone 256-377-4922, 296 School Street PO Box 279 Rockford, AL 35136, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Coosa County
An arrest in Coosa County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Coosa County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at coosa.alacourt.gov/district-civil); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at coosacountyal.com/district-attorney, phone 256-354-3578).
Statewide, Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription.
Alabama does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Coosa County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the agency must answer within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
- An arrest by the Coosa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 256-377-4922.
- An arrest in Goodwater or Rockford: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 256-354-3578, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Coosa County Circuit Court, through the court records page at coosa.alacourt.gov/district-civil.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Coosa County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Coosa County: Goodwater and Rockford. Kellyton has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Coosa County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Coosa County each year?
The Coosa County Sheriff's Office reported 337 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 345 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Coosa County?
Ask the Coosa County Sheriff's Office at 256-377-4922; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at coosacountyal.com/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Coosa County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Coosa County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Coosa County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Coosa County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Alabama Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Coosa County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Coosa 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.
Is this the official Coosa 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.