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.
Dallas County, Alabama, has about 36,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Dallas County depends on where the incident happened: the Dallas 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: Dallas County public records, Dallas County arrest records, Dallas County warrants, Dallas County inmate search, Dallas County criminal records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Dallas 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 Dallas County that is the Dallas 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 Wallace Community College at Selma (campus police), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Dallas County Sheriff's Office
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 79 violent and 206 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 161 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (334) 874-2530. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at dallascounty-al.org/County-Departments/Sheriffs-Department (page title: Sheriff's Department | County of Dallas, AL), phone (334) 874-2530, 102 Church Street Selma, AL 36702, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Dallas County
The one city the FBI lists in Dallas County with a reporting agency of its own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Selma: 117 violent and 307 property crimes reported for 2025; 132 arrests reported for 2025. The Selma police records page is at selma-al.gov/departments/police-department/request-a-police-report, phone (334) 876-1260 (verified September 26, 2026).
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: Dallas County in 2025
The two agencies in Dallas County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 196 violent and 513 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the two agencies in Dallas County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 293 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Dallas County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Dallas 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 Dallas 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 Dallas County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (334) 874-2530. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Dallas 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.