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 September 30, 2026.
Monroe County, Georgia, has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and two campus, state or other 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 Monroe 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: Monroe County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Monroe County
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Monroe County. It reported 212 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Monroe County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Forsyth, 4,895 residents: 197 arrests reported for 2025.
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 these agencies in Monroe County: the State Patrol at Forsyth (state police); Georgia Public Safety Training Center (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Monroe 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.
- Monroe County Sheriff's Office: 212 for 2025, 336 for 2024, 371 for 2023 and 469 for 2022.
- Forsyth: 197 for 2025 and 132 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 409 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 409 in 2025 against 468 in 2024, down 13 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 373 arrests, against 264 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Monroe County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Monroe 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 160 people on an average day, up from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 175 beds, and it is running at 94 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 Monroe County Sheriff's Office at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search (page title: Offender Search | mcso-html), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Monroe County
An arrest in Monroe County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Monroe 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 towaligada.com, phone 770-504-6054).
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 Monroe 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 Monroe County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Forsyth: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Forsyth or Georgia Public Safety Training Center: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 770-504-6054, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Monroe County Superior Court, through the court records page at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at monroecosheriffga.us/open-records-request (page title: Submit Open Records Request | mcso-html).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Monroe County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Monroe County: Forsyth. Culloden 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 Monroe County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Monroe County each year?
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported 212 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 409 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Monroe County?
Ask the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search.
Where are people arrested in Monroe County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Monroe 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 Monroe County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Monroe 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 monroecosheriffga.us/open-records-request.
Is this the official Monroe 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.