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.
DeKalb County, Alabama, has about 73,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from DeKalb County depends on where the incident happened: the DeKalb 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: DeKalb County public records, DeKalb County arrest records, DeKalb County warrants, DeKalb County inmate search, DeKalb County criminal records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from DeKalb County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In DeKalb County that is the DeKalb 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 Northeast Alabama Community College (campus police), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office
The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 50 violent and 228 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 646 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at dekalbcountysheriff.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=... (page title: Inmate Roster | DeKalb County Alabama Sheriff’s Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in DeKalb County
The 12 cities the FBI lists in DeKalb County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Fort Payne: 26 violent and 213 property crimes reported for 2025; 535 arrests reported for 2025. The Fort Payne police department's page is at fortpayne.org/city-services/police (verified September 26, 2026).
- Rainsville: 5 violent and 47 property crimes reported for 2025; 304 arrests reported for 2025.
- Henagar: 3 violent and 28 property crimes reported for 2025; 64 arrests reported for 2025.
- Collinsville: 12 violent and 23 property crimes reported for 2025; 91 arrests reported for 2025.
- Crossville: 21 arrests reported for 2022.
- Sylvania: 2 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2025; 215 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fyffe: 2 violent and 8 property crimes reported for 2025; 84 arrests reported for 2025.
- Powell: 6 violent and 33 property crimes reported for 2025; 53 arrests reported for 2025.
- Geraldine: 2 violent and 9 property crimes reported for 2025; 57 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ider: 28 arrests reported for 2024.
- Valley Head: 11 arrests reported for 2021.
- Mentone: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
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: DeKalb County in 2025
The nine agencies in DeKalb County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 108 violent and 603 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the nine agencies in DeKalb County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,049 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Alabama Public Records Law Requires
Under the Alabama Public Records Law the agency must answer a request within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
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 DeKalb County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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.