Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Kootenai County, Idaho, has about 188,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Kootenai County depends on where the incident happened: the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Idaho Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Kootenai County public records, Kootenai County arrest records, Kootenai County warrants, Kootenai County inmate search, Kootenai County property records, Idaho arrest records and Idaho inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Kootenai County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Kootenai County that is the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
Reports from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 100 violent and 433 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 2,398 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at kcsheriff.com/169/In-Custody-Report (page title: In-Custody Report | Kootenai County Sheriff, ID), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Kootenai County
The four cities the FBI lists in Kootenai County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Coeur d'Alene: 136 violent and 396 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,129 arrests reported for 2025. The Coeur d'Alene police department's page is at cdaid.org/government/departments/police, phone (208) 769-2320 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Post Falls: 80 violent and 351 property crimes reported for 2025; 958 arrests reported for 2025. The Post Falls police records page is at postfallspolice.gov/217/Public-Records-Requests, phone 208-773-3517 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Rathdrum: 19 violent and 100 property crimes reported for 2025; 320 arrests reported for 2025.
- Spirit Lake: 37 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.
How Many Reports: Kootenai County in 2025
The four agencies in Kootenai County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 335 violent and 1,280 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Kootenai County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,805 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Idaho Public Records Act Requires
The Idaho Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 3 working days, or 10 when more time is needed, at a charge of copying after the first 100 pages and labor after the first two hours, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at kcgov.us/655/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Kootenai County, ID).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 208-446-1800, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Kootenai County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Idaho Public Records Act the answer is due within 3 working days, or 10 when more time is needed.
How long does an agency in Kootenai County have to answer?
Under the Idaho Public Records Act, within 3 working days, or 10 when more time is needed. It may charge copying after the first 100 pages and labor after the first two hours.
How do I get a report from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Idaho Public Records Act the answer is due within 3 working days, or 10 when more time is needed.
Is this the official Kootenai 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.