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.
Dale County, Alabama, has about 50,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Dale County depends on where the incident happened: the Dale 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: Dale County public records, Dale County arrest records, Dale County warrants, Dale County criminal records, Dale County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Dale 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 Dale County that is the Dale 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 Enterprise Police Department and the Dothan Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Dale County, so their arrests are not broken out for Dale County here.
Reports from the Dale County Sheriff's Office
The Dale County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 27 violent and 70 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 279 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Dale County
The eight cities the FBI lists in Dale County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Ozark: 55 violent and 347 property crimes reported for 2025; 522 arrests reported for 2025. The Ozark police department's page is at ozarkal.gov/pd-command-staff, phone (334) 774-2644 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Daleville: 22 violent and 94 property crimes reported for 2025; 308 arrests reported for 2025.
- Midland City: 6 violent and 28 property crimes reported for 2025; 66 arrests reported for 2024.
- Level Plains: 16 violent and 30 property crimes reported for 2025; 138 arrests reported for 2025.
- Newton: 0 violent and 13 property crimes reported for 2025; 8 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pinckard: 54 arrests reported for 2024.
- Clayhatchee: 13 arrests reported for 2022.
- Napier Field: 46 arrests reported for 2023.
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: Dale County in 2025
The six agencies in Dale County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 126 violent and 582 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the seven agencies in Dale County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,669 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 dalecountyal.gov/CountyCommission/OpenRecordsRequest.aspx (page title: Dale County Alabama > County Commission > Open Records Request).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (334) 774-9500, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Dale County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Dale 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 Dale 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 Dale County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Dale 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.