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.
Long County, Georgia, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Long County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Long 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: Long County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Long County
The Long County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Long County. It reported 238 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Long County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Ludowici, 1,802 residents.
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 The Long 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.
- Long County Sheriff's Office: 238 for 2025, 368 for 2023, 227 for 2022, 253 for 2021, 258 for 2020 and 1,011 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
Through May 2026, Long County Sheriff's Office reported 116 arrests, against 99 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Long County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Long 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.
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 Long County
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 Long 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 Long County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Ludowici: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Long County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Ludowici, the one city in Long County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Long County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Long County each year?
The Long County Sheriff's Office reported 238 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Long County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Long County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Long 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 Long County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Long 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 Long 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.