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 on September 24, 2026.
Tallapoosa County, Alabama, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and one campus 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 Tallapoosa 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: Tallapoosa County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Tallapoosa County
The Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Tallapoosa County. It reported 490 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:
- Alexander City, 14,439 residents: 966 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dadeville, 2,934 residents: 198 arrests reported for 2025.
- Camp Hill, 965 residents: 23 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Site, 767 residents: 5 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jacksons' Gap, 749 residents: 27 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Tallassee Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Tallapoosa County, so its arrests are not broken out for Tallapoosa County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tallapoosa County: Central Alabama Community College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Tallapoosa 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.
- Alexander City: 966 for 2025, 970 for 2024, 884 for 2022 and 1,318 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
- Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Office: 490 for 2025, 364 for 2024, 457 for 2023, 522 for 2022, 517 for 2021 and 1,079 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Dadeville: 198 for 2025, 111 for 2024, 200 for 2023, 353 for 2022, 370 for 2021 and 357 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Jacksons' Gap: 27 for 2025, 35 for 2024, 59 for 2023 and 78 for 2022.
- Camp Hill: 23 for 2025, 22 for 2024, 45 for 2023 and 37 for 2022.
- New Site: 5 for 2025 and 14 for 2024.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,709 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,709 in 2025 against 1,516 in 2024, up 13 percent.
Through March 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 480 arrests, against 397 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Tallapoosa County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tallapoosa 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 160 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 147 beds, and it ran at 111 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 Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Office at tallaco.com/departments/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Tallapoosa County), phone (256) 825-4264, 316 Industrial Park Drive Dadeville, AL 36853, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Tallapoosa County
Whether someone was arrested in Tallapoosa County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Tallapoosa County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at tallapoosa.alacourt.gov, phone (256) 825-1098); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at tallaco.com/departments/district-attorney, phone (256) 234-3741).
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 Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (256) 825-4264.
- An arrest in Alexander City, Dadeville, Camp Hill, New Site or Jacksons' Gap: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Central Alabama Community College: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (256) 234-3741, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tallapoosa County Circuit Court, through the court records page at tallapoosa.alacourt.gov, phone (256) 825-1098.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Tallapoosa County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the seven cities in Tallapoosa County: Alexander City, Dadeville, Camp Hill, New Site and Jacksons' Gap. Daviston and Goldville 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 Tallapoosa County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Tallapoosa County each year?
Alexander City reported 966 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,709 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Tallapoosa County?
Ask the Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Office at (256) 825-4264; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tallaco.com/departments/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Tallapoosa County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Tallapoosa County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa 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.