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 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Geary County, Kansas, has about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Geary County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Geary County District 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: Geary County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Geary County
The Geary County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Geary County. It reported 485 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Junction City, 22,053 residents: 1,225 arrests reported for 2024.
- Grandview Plaza, 1,648 residents: 230 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Geary 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.
- Junction City: 1,225 for 2024, 1,508 for 2023, 1,540 for 2022, 1,668 for 2021, 1,289 for 2020 and 1,498 for 2019.
- Geary County Sheriff's Office: 485 for 2025, 593 for 2024, 532 for 2023, 595 for 2022, 600 for 2021 and 633 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Grandview Plaza: 230 for 2024, 202 for 2023, 159 for 2022, 167 for 2021, 164 for 2020 and 186 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 2,048 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 2,048 in 2024 against 2,242 in 2023, down 8.7 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Geary County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Geary 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.
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 87 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 160 beds, and it ran at 94 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 Geary County Sheriff's Office at gearycountysheriff.gov/corrections-division (page title: Corrections Division | Geary County KS Sheriff), phone 785-762-6583, 826 N. Franklin St., Junction City, KS 66441, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Kansas Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Geary County
For Geary County the place to look is Kansas District Court Public Access Portal, the Kansas courts' statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
Kansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online, through the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. 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 Geary 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 Kansas Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying.
- An arrest by the Geary County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 785-762-6583.
- An arrest in Junction City or Grandview Plaza: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Geary County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Geary County: Junction City and Grandview Plaza. Milford has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Geary County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Geary County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Junction City (22,053)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Geary County each year?
Junction City reported 1,225 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the three agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 2,048 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Geary County?
Ask the Geary County Sheriff's Office at 785-762-6583; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gearycountysheriff.gov/corrections-division.
Where are people arrested in Geary County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Geary County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Geary County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Kansas Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Geary County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Geary County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Geary 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.