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 October 4, 2026.
Pulaski County, Georgia, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pulaski 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 Pulaski 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: Pulaski County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pulaski County
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pulaski County. It reported 197 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Pulaski County Sheriff's Office: 197 for 2023, 90 for 2022, 138 for 2021 and 180 for 2020.
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office's 197 arrests in 2023 were up 119 percent from 90 in 2022.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pulaski County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pulaski 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 29 people on an average day, down from about 36 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 42 beds, and it is running at 69 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 Pulaski County Sheriff's Office at sheriffsoffice.org (page title: Pulaski County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Pulaski County
For Pulaski County the place to look is the case index of the Pulaski County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=116, phone (478) 783-1911).
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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pulaski County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=116, phone (478) 783-1911.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pulaskicountygovernment.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Pulaski County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pulaski County each year?
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office reported 197 arrests to the FBI for 2023, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pulaski County?
Ask the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriffsoffice.org.
Where are people arrested in Pulaski County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pulaski 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 pulaskicountygovernment.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Pulaski 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.