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.
Calhoun County, Georgia, has about 5,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Calhoun 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: Calhoun County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Calhoun County
The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Calhoun County.
The FBI lists three cities in Calhoun County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Edison, 1,157 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2022.
- Arlington, 1,137 residents: 28 arrests reported for 2023.
- Leary, 497 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Calhoun 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.
- Arlington: 28 for 2023.
- Leary: 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023 and 0 for 2022.
- Edison: 1 for 2022, 2 for 2021, 11 for 2020 and 7 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 28 arrests that year.
Edison reported only part of 2023 (4 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Calhoun County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Calhoun 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 23 people on an average day, down from about 24 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 40 beds, and it is running at 58 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 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office at calhouncountygasheriff.com (page title: Welcome to www.calhouncountygasheriff.com), phone (229) 849-2555, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Calhoun County
An arrest in Calhoun County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Calhoun 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=19, phone (229) 849-2715); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/calhoun, phone 229-246-1823).
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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (229) 849-2555.
- An arrest in Edison, Arlington or Leary: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 229-246-1823, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Calhoun County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=19, phone (229) 849-2715.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Calhoun County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Calhoun County: Edison, Arlington and Leary. Morgan 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 Calhoun County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Calhoun County each year?
Arlington reported 28 arrests to the FBI for 2023, and the two agencies with every month of 2023 on file reported 28 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Calhoun County?
Ask the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office at (229) 849-2555; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at calhouncountygasheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Calhoun County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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.