Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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.
Garrett, Indiana, in DeKalb County, has about 6,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the DeKalb Circuit and Superior Courts. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Garrett public records, DeKalb County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Garrett
The FBI lists Garrett with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Garrett Police Department. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 305 arrests for 2025.
Arrest Counts on File for Garrett
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Garrett the counts on file are partial: Garrett has sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Across DeKalb County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 609 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Garrett Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Garrett 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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 87 people, up from about 86 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 105 beds, and it ran at 82 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office at dekalbsheriff.in.gov/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | DeKalb County Sheriff's Office | DeKalb County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction, whose inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Garrett
An arrest in Garrett can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the DeKalb Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.dekalb.in.us/department/division.php?structureid=100, phone (260) 925-1863); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.dekalb.in.us/department/index.php?structureid=28, phone (260) 925-1646).
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Indiana is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Limited Criminal History search is open to anyone online, through the Indiana State Police. 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 Garrett
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 Indiana Access to Public Records Act the agency must answer within 24 hours for a request made in person and 7 days for one sent by mail or email, and it may charge a copy fee set by the agency, within statutory limits.
- An arrest by the agency that reports for Garrett: its own records unit.
- An arrest by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (260) 925-1646, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the DeKalb Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at co.dekalb.in.us, phone (260) 925-1863.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at dekalbsheriff.in.gov/records-requests (page title: Records Requests | DeKalb County Sheriff's Office | DeKalb County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The DeKalb County guide covers every agency in the county: DeKalb County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Garrett?
Look on the custody page of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office at dekalbsheriff.in.gov/inmate-search. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Garrett booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Garrett?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Indiana State Police: the Limited Criminal History search is open to anyone online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Garrett?
From the agency that made the arrest: the agency that reports for Garrett for its own arrests, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act the answer is due within 24 hours for a request made in person and 7 days for one sent by mail or email; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at dekalbsheriff.in.gov/records-requests.
Is this the official Garrett website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.