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 on September 23, 2026.
Catoosa County, Georgia, has about 69,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Catoosa County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one state 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 Catoosa 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: Catoosa County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Catoosa County
The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Catoosa County. It reported 2,013 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Catoosa County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Fort Oglethorpe, 10,614 residents: 601 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ringgold, 3,425 residents: 148 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Catoosa County: the State Patrol at Brunswick (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Catoosa County
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.
- Catoosa County Sheriff's Office: 2,013 for 2025, 1,975 for 2024, 2,020 for 2023, 2,074 for 2022, 1,758 for 2021 and 1,609 for 2020.
- Fort Oglethorpe: 601 for 2025, 891 for 2024, 837 for 2023, 735 for 2022, 538 for 2021 and 763 for 2020.
- Ringgold: 148 for 2023, 241 for 2022 and 75 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,614 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,614 in 2025 against 2,866 in 2024, down 8.8 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,659 arrests, against 1,548 in the same months of 2025.
Ringgold reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Catoosa County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Catoosa County 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 Catoosa County
For Catoosa County 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 Catoosa 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 Catoosa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Fort Oglethorpe or Ringgold: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Brunswick: the records office of the agency involved.
- 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.
Cities in Catoosa County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Catoosa County: Fort Oglethorpe and Ringgold.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Catoosa County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Catoosa County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Fort Oglethorpe (10,614)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Catoosa County each year?
The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office reported 2,013 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,614 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Catoosa County?
Ask the Catoosa County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at catoosacountysheriff.com/general-information.
Where are people arrested in Catoosa County 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 Catoosa 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 Catoosa County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Catoosa 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 catoosacountyga.gov.
Is this the official Catoosa 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.