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 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Glenn County, California, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Glenn County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and two campus, state or other agencies. 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 Superior Court of California, County of Glenn. 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: Glenn County public records, California arrest records, California inmate search and California criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Glenn County
The Glenn County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Glenn County. It reported 246 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in Glenn County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Orland, 8,605 residents: 255 arrests reported for 2023.
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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Glenn County: Union Pacific Railroad in Glenn County (other); the Highway Patrol's Willows Area Office (state police).
How Many Arrests The Glenn County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Glenn County Sheriff's Office: 246 for 2024, 276 for 2023, 325 for 2022, 364 for 2021, 1,006 for 2020 and 1,498 for 2019.
- Orland: 255 for 2023, 409 for 2022, 376 for 2020 and 487 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
The Glenn County Sheriff's Office's 246 arrests in 2024 were down 11 percent from 276 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Glenn County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Glenn County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 52 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 144 beds, and it ran at 45 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 Glenn County Sheriff's Office at countyofglenn.net/government/departments/sheriff/jail/arrest-reports (page title: Arrest Reports | County of Glenn), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Glenn County
For Glenn County the place to look is the case index of the Superior Court of California, County of Glenn, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at glenn.courts.ca.gov/online-services/case-index).
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 Glenn 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 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 Glenn County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Orland: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Union Pacific Railroad in Glenn County or the Highway Patrol's Willows Area Office: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of California, County of Glenn, through the court records page at glenn.courts.ca.gov.
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
Cities in Glenn County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Glenn County: Orland. Willows has 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 Superior Court of California, County of Glenn.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Glenn County each year?
The Glenn County Sheriff's Office reported 246 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Glenn County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Glenn County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Glenn County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Glenn 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 Glenn County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Glenn County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the California Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances.
Is this the official Glenn 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.