Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 9, 2026.
Adel, Georgia, in Cook County, has about 5,800 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 Cook County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Adel public records, Cook County arrest records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Adel
The FBI lists Adel with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Adel Police Department. 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 Cook County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 549 arrests for 2025.
Arrest Counts on File for Adel
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Adel the counts on file are partial: Adel has sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Across Cook County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,701 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Adel Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Adel 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 100 people on an average day, up from about 93 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 108 beds, and it is running at 93 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cook County Sheriff's Office at cookcountyga.us/departments-and-offices/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Cook County Georgia), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Georgia Department of Corrections lists its inmates at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Adel
An arrest in Adel can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Cook County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=37, phone (229) 896-7717); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at cookcountyga.us/departments-and-offices/district-attorney, phone (229) 896-3102).
Georgia is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name, through the Georgia Crime Information Center. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Adel
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge for search, retrieval and copying after the first quarter hour.
- An arrest by the Adel police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofadelga.gov/police-department (page title: Police Department | City of Adel, GA), phone 229-896-4504, 2224 Police Department 204 E Third Street, Adel, GA 31620, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Cook County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (229) 896-3102, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Cook County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=37, phone (229) 896-7717.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
The Cook County guide covers every agency in the county: Cook County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Adel?
Ask the Cook County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cookcountyga.us.
Where are people arrested in Adel booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cook County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Adel?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Georgia Crime Information Center: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Georgia Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Adel?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Adel police for its own arrests, the Cook County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Adel 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.