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.
Haralson County, Georgia, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Haralson County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies 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 Haralson 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: Haralson County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Haralson County
The Haralson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Haralson County. It reported 291 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Bremen, 7,647 residents: 142 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tallapoosa, 3,164 residents: 64 arrests reported for 2023.
- Buchanan, 956 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.
The Temple Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Haralson County, so its arrests are not broken out for Haralson County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Haralson County: West Georgia Technical College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Haralson 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.
- Haralson County Sheriff's Office: 291 for 2025, 254 for 2024, 172 for 2023, 395 for 2021, 359 for 2020 and 497 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Bremen: 142 for 2025, 109 for 2024, 130 for 2023, 133 for 2022 and 93 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Tallapoosa: 64 for 2023, 28 for 2022, 23 for 2021, 34 for 2020 and 163 for 2019.
- Buchanan: 0 for 2024, 13 for 2021 and 4 for 2020; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 433 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 433 in 2025 against 363 in 2024, up 19 percent.
Through May 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 247 arrests, against 145 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Haralson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Haralson 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 130 people on an average day, up from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 125 beds, and it is running at 103 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 Haralson County Sheriff's Office at haralsoncountysheriff.org (page title: Haralson County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Haralson County
An arrest in Haralson County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Haralson County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at haralsoncountyga.gov/clerk-of-the-superior-court.cfm, phone 770-646-2005); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at haralsoncountyga.gov/district-attorney.cfm, phone 770-748-7331).
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 Haralson 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 Haralson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Bremen, Tallapoosa or Buchanan: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by West Georgia Technical College: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 770-748-7331, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Haralson County Superior Court, through the court records page at haralsoncountyga.gov, phone 770-646-2005.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at haralsoncountyga.gov/open-records-request.cfm (page title: Open Records Request | Haralson County Board of Commissioners).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Haralson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Haralson County: Bremen, Tallapoosa and Buchanan. Waco 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 Haralson County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Haralson County each year?
The Haralson County Sheriff's Office reported 291 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 433 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Haralson County?
Ask the Haralson County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at haralsoncountysheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Haralson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Haralson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Haralson 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 Haralson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Haralson 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 haralsoncountyga.gov/open-records-request.cfm.
Is this the official Haralson 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.