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 October 4, 2026.
Elmore County, Alabama, has about 91,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Elmore County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and one other agency. 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 Elmore 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: Elmore County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Elmore County
The Elmore County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Elmore County. It reported 1,261 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Millbrook, 17,392 residents: 911 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wetumpka, 7,667 residents: 583 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tallassee, 4,715 residents: 426 arrests reported for 2025.
- Coosada, 1,299 residents: 64 arrests reported for 2025.
- Eclectic, 1,213 residents: 34 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.
The Prattville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Elmore County, so its arrests are not broken out for Elmore County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Elmore County: Central Alabama Drug Task Force (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Elmore County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Elmore County Sheriff's Office: 1,261 for 2025, 1,424 for 2024, 1,283 for 2023 and 1,195 for 2022.
- Millbrook: 911 for 2025, 955 for 2024, 987 for 2023, 1,274 for 2022 and 1,466 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Wetumpka: 583 for 2025, 652 for 2024, 847 for 2023, 764 for 2022 and 691 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Tallassee: 426 for 2025, 428 for 2024, 334 for 2023, 365 for 2022 and 602 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Coosada: 64 for 2025, 113 for 2024, 114 for 2023, 122 for 2022, 74 for 2021 and 101 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Eclectic: 34 for 2024, 87 for 2023 and 172 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,245 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,245 in 2025 against 3,572 in 2024, down 9.2 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,889 arrests, against 1,848 in the same months of 2025.
Eclectic reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Elmore County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Elmore 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 2019 the jail held about 260 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 242 beds, and it ran at 108 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 Elmore County Sheriff's Office at elmoreso.com (page title: Elmore County AL Sheriff's Office), phone 334-567-5227, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Elmore County
For Elmore County the place to look is the case index of the Elmore County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at elmore.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 514-3116).
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 Elmore County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Elmore County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 334-567-5227.
- An arrest in Millbrook, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Coosada or Eclectic: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Central Alabama Drug Task Force: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Elmore County Circuit Court, through the court records page at elmore.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 514-3116.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Elmore County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the seven cities in Elmore County: Millbrook, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Coosada and Eclectic. Deatsville and Elmore have 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 Elmore County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Elmore County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Wetumpka (7,667)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Elmore County each year?
The Elmore County Sheriff's Office reported 1,261 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,245 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Elmore County?
Ask the Elmore County Sheriff's Office at 334-567-5227; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at elmoreso.com.
Where are people arrested in Elmore County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Elmore County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Elmore County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Elmore 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 Elmore County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Elmore 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 Elmore 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.