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 September 30, 2026.
Bracken County, Kentucky, has about 8,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Bracken 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 Commonwealth's Attorney files charges, a case in the Bracken Circuit 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: Bracken County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Bracken County
The Bracken County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Bracken County. It reported 74 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:
- Augusta, 1,101 residents: 17 arrests reported for 2025.
- Brooksville, 663 residents: 2 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Bracken 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.
- Bracken County Sheriff's Office: 74 for 2025, 97 for 2024, 128 for 2023, 66 for 2022 and 156 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Augusta: 17 for 2025, 21 for 2024, 18 for 2023, 93 for 2022, 104 for 2021 and 38 for 2020.
- Brooksville: 2 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 4 for 2022 and 0 for 2021.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 93 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 93 in 2025 against 124 in 2024, down 25 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 56 arrests, against 60 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Bracken County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bracken 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 26 people, down from about 38 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 21 beds, and it ran at 126 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 Bracken County Sheriff's Office at brackencounty.ky.gov/departments/sheriff.php (page title: Sheriff Robert Boody III), phone 606-735-3233, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Kentucky Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Bracken County
For Bracken County the place to look is the case index of the Bracken Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Bracken.aspx, phone 606-735-3328).
Kentucky is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Administrative Office of the Courts, not the state police, sells name-based criminal record reports to the public, for $25 a search, through the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts. 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 Bracken County
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 Kentucky Open Records Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying, 10 cents a page for standard copies.
- An arrest by the Bracken County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 606-735-3233.
- An arrest in Augusta or Brooksville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Bracken Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 606-735-3328.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Bracken County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Bracken County: Augusta and Brooksville. Germantown 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 Bracken Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Bracken County each year?
The Bracken County Sheriff's Office reported 74 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 93 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Bracken County?
Ask the Bracken County Sheriff's Office at 606-735-3233; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at brackencounty.ky.gov/departments/sheriff.php.
Where are people arrested in Bracken County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Bracken County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Bracken County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts: the Administrative Office of the Courts, not the state police, sells name-based criminal record reports to the public, for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Kentucky Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Bracken County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bracken County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Kentucky Open Records Act the answer is due within 5 business days.
Is this the official Bracken 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.