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.
Walker County, Georgia, has about 69,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Walker County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and one state 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 Walker 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: Walker County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Walker County
The Walker County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Walker County.
The FBI lists four cities in Walker County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- LaFayette, 7,028 residents.
- Rossville, 3,942 residents: 63 arrests reported for 2023.
- Chickamauga, 3,014 residents: 22 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lookout Mountain, 1,657 residents: 0 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 Fort Oglethorpe Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Walker County, so its arrests are not broken out for Walker County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Walker County: the State Patrol at Lafayette (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Walker 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.
- Chickamauga: 22 for 2025, 5 for 2024, 7 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 9 for 2021 and 21 for 2020.
- Lookout Mountain: 0 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 4 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Rossville: 63 for 2023 and 108 for 2020; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 22 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 22 in 2025 against 6 in 2024.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 12 arrests, against 6 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Walker County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Walker 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 220 people on an average day, down from about 250 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 225 beds, and it is running at 96 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 Walker County Sheriff's Office at walkerso.com/ais.php (page title: Walker County Sheriff), phone 706-638-1909, 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 Walker County
For Walker County the place to look is the case index of the Walker County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at walkercountyga.gov/government/courts, phone 706-638-1437).
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 Walker 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 Walker County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 706-638-1909.
- An arrest in LaFayette, Rossville, Chickamauga or Lookout Mountain: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Lafayette: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Walker County Superior Court, through the court records page at walkercountyga.gov/government/courts, phone 706-638-1437.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at walkercountyga.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Records RequestNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Walker County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the four cities in Walker County: LaFayette, Rossville, Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Walker County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Walker County each year?
Chickamauga reported 22 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 22 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Walker County?
Ask the Walker County Sheriff's Office at 706-638-1909; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at walkerso.com/ais.php.
Where are people arrested in Walker County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Walker County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Walker 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 Walker County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Walker 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 walkercountyga.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Walker 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.