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, Indiana, has about 12,000 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Pulaski Circuit and Superior Courts. 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, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana 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 327 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: 327 for 2023, 239 for 2021 and 157 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 83 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 128 beds, and it ran at 86 percent of it that year. 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 pulaskionline.org/department/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Pulaski County), phone 574.946.6655, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Indiana Department of Correction lists its inmates at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Pulaski County
An arrest in Pulaski County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Pulaski Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at in.gov/courts/local/pulaski-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pulaskionline.org/department/prosecutors-office, phone 574.946.6858).
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 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 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 Pulaski County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 574.946.6655.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 574.946.6858, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pulaski Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/pulaski-county.
- 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: the same request described above, for your own name.
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 Circuit and Superior Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pulaski County each year?
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office reported 327 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 at 574.946.6655; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pulaskionline.org/department/sheriffs-office.
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 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 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 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 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.