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 4, 2026.
Bryan County, Georgia, has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Bryan County Sheriff's Office and two city 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 Bryan 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: Bryan County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Bryan County
The Bryan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Bryan County. It reported 849 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Bryan County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Richmond Hill, 19,839 residents: 757 arrests reported for 2024.
- Pembroke, 2,744 residents: 42 arrests reported for 2021.
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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Bryan 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.
- Bryan County Sheriff's Office: 849 for 2025, 912 for 2024, 870 for 2023, 558 for 2022, 386 for 2021 and 217 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Richmond Hill: 757 for 2024, 816 for 2023, 758 for 2021 and 621 for 2020; 2022 is missing months.
- Pembroke: 42 for 2021, 86 for 2020 and 74 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,669 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 1,669 in 2024 against 1,686 in 2023, down 1 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Bryan County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Bryan 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 49 people on an average day, up from about 41 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 68 beds, and it is running at 72 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 Bryan County Sheriff's Office at bryancountyga.gov/government/departments-h-z/sheriff-s-office/deten... (page title: Bryan County Detention Center Page | Bryan County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Bryan County
Whether someone was arrested in Bryan County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Bryan County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at bryancountyga.gov/government/courts/clerk-of-court, phone 912-653-3872); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/bryan, phone 912-876-4151).
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 Bryan County
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 Bryan County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Richmond Hill or Pembroke: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 912-876-4151, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Bryan County Superior Court, through the court records page at bryancountyga.gov, phone 912-653-3872.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at bryancountyga.justfoia.com (page title: Bryan County, GA Public Portal | JustFOIA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Bryan County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Bryan County: Richmond Hill and Pembroke.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Bryan County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Bryan County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Richmond Hill (19,839)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Bryan County each year?
The Bryan County Sheriff's Office reported 849 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Bryan County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 1,669 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Bryan County?
Ask the Bryan County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bryancountyga.gov.
Where are people arrested in Bryan County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Bryan County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Bryan 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 Bryan County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bryan 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at bryancountyga.justfoia.com.
Is this the official Bryan 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.