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.
Bleckley County, Georgia, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Bleckley County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Bleckley County Superior 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: Bleckley County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Bleckley County
The Bleckley County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Bleckley County. It reported 232 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in Bleckley County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Cochran, 4,836 residents: 120 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 FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Bleckley County: Middle Georgia State University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Bleckley County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Bleckley County Sheriff's Office: 232 for 2024, 250 for 2023, 254 for 2022, 226 for 2021 and 358 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Cochran: 120 for 2025, 91 for 2024, 69 for 2022 and 68 for 2020; 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 323 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 232 in 2024 against 250 in 2023, down 7.2 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Bleckley County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Bleckley 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 38 people on an average day, down from about 42 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 75 beds, and it is running at 51 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Bleckley County
For Bleckley County the place to look is the case index of the Bleckley County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records).
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 Bleckley 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 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 Bleckley County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Cochran: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Middle Georgia State University: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Bleckley County Superior Court, through the court records page at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Bleckley County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Cochran, the one city in Bleckley County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Bleckley County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Bleckley County each year?
The Bleckley County Sheriff's Office reported 232 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the two agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 323 between them.
Where are people arrested in Bleckley County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Bleckley County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Bleckley County?
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 Bleckley County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bleckley County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Bleckley 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.