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 25, 2026.
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County, has about 11,000 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 Catoosa County Superior Court. 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: Fort Oglethorpe public records, Catoosa County arrest records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Fort Oglethorpe
The FBI lists Fort Oglethorpe with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Fort Oglethorpe Police Department. It reported 601 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 Catoosa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,013 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Catoosa County: the State Patrol at Brunswick (state police).
How Many Arrests Fort Oglethorpe 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.
- Fort Oglethorpe: 601 for 2025, 891 for 2024, 837 for 2023, 735 for 2022, 538 for 2021 and 763 for 2020.
Fort Oglethorpe's 601 arrests in 2025 were down 33 percent from 891 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Fort Oglethorpe reported 379 arrests, against 354 in the same months of 2025.
Across Catoosa County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,614 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fort Oglethorpe Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fort Oglethorpe 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 180 people on an average day, down from about 210 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 248 beds, and it is running at 71 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 Catoosa County Sheriff's Office at catoosacountysheriff.com/general-information (page title: General Information | Catoosa County Sheriff's Office | Sheriff Gary Sisk), 5842 Highway 41, Ringgold, GA 30736, Monday thru Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fort Oglethorpe
For Fort Oglethorpe the place to look is the case index of the Catoosa County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at catoosacountyga.gov/departments/view-all-departments/courts).
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 Fort Oglethorpe
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 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 Fort Oglethorpe police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at islandcounty.net/georgia/police-department/fort-oglethorpe-police-d... (page title: Fort Oglethorpe Police Department, GA, Jail Roster and Police Arrests), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
- An arrest by the Catoosa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Catoosa County Superior Court, through the court records page at catoosacountyga.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at catoosacountyga.gov (page title: Catoosa County Launches New Platform for Open Records Requests | News List | Catoosa County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
The Catoosa County guide covers every agency in the county: Catoosa County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fort Oglethorpe each year?
Fort Oglethorpe reported 601 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Fort Oglethorpe?
Ask the Catoosa County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at catoosacountysheriff.com/general-information.
Where are people arrested in Fort Oglethorpe booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Catoosa County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fort Oglethorpe?
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 Fort Oglethorpe?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fort Oglethorpe police for its own arrests, the Catoosa County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at catoosacountyga.gov.
Is this the official Fort Oglethorpe 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.