Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Jackson, California, in Amador County, has about 5,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city 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 Superior Court of California, County of Amador. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Jackson public records, Amador County arrest records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Jackson
The FBI lists Jackson with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Jackson Police Department. It reported 355 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Amador County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 495 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Amador County: the Highway Patrol's Oroville, Chico and Amador Area Offices (state police); Union Pacific Railroad in Amador County (other).
How Many Arrests Jackson Reports
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.
- Jackson: 355 for 2025, 235 for 2024, 108 for 2023, 127 for 2022, 244 for 2020 and 250 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Jackson's 355 arrests in 2025 were up 51 percent from 235 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Jackson reported 178 arrests, against 261 in the same months of 2025.
Across Amador County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,018 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jackson Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Jackson 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 2025 the jail held about 88 people, down from about 90 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 76 beds, and it ran at 118 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Jackson
An arrest in Jackson can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Superior Court of California, County of Amador, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at amador.courts.ca.gov/general-information/access-court-files-records); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at amadorcounty.gov/government/district-attorney, phone (209) 223-6444).
California does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the California Department of Justice 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 Jackson
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the California Public Records Act the agency must answer within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances, and it may charge the direct cost of copying only, not staff time.
- An arrest by the Jackson police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at ci.jackson.ca.us/police_department.php (page title: Police Department), phone (209) 223-1771, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Amador County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (209) 223-6444, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of California, County of Amador, through the court records page at amador.courts.ca.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at amadorsheriff.org (page title: Public Information/Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
The Amador County guide covers every agency in the county: Amador County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jackson each year?
Jackson reported 355 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Jackson booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Amador County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jackson?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Amador are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is not public; you can get your own for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the California Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Jackson?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jackson police for its own arrests, the Amador County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the California Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at amadorsheriff.org.
Is this the official Jackson website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.