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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Glascock County, Georgia, has about 3,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Glascock County Sheriff's Office. 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 Glascock 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: Glascock County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Glascock County
The Glascock County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Glascock County. It reported 26 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Glascock County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Glascock County Sheriff's Office: 26 for 2025, 32 for 2024, 39 for 2023, 42 for 2022, 38 for 2021 and 21 for 2020.
Through March 2026, Glascock County Sheriff's Office reported 2 arrests, against 5 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Glascock County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Glascock 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Glascock County Sheriff's Office at glascockcountysheriff.com (page title: Glascock County Inmate Search and Public Records, GA), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Glascock County
An arrest in Glascock County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Glascock County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Glascock 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); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at tcsoga.com/districtattorney.cfm).
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 Glascock 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 Glascock County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Glascock 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 Glascock County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Glascock County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Glascock County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Glascock County each year?
The Glascock County Sheriff's Office reported 26 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Glascock County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Glascock County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Glascock 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 Glascock County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Glascock 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 Glascock 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.