Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, in Isabella County, has about 21,000 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 Isabella County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Mount Pleasant public records, Isabella County arrest records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Mount Pleasant
The FBI lists Mount Pleasant with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Mount Pleasant Police Department. It reported 846 arrests for 2025. 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 Isabella County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 357 arrests for 2023.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Isabella County: Central Michigan University (campus police); the Isabella County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Mount Pleasant Reports
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.
- Mount Pleasant: 846 for 2025, 708 for 2024, 709 for 2023, 721 for 2022, 588 for 2021 and 638 for 2020.
Mount Pleasant's 846 arrests in 2025 were up 19 percent from 708 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Mount Pleasant reported 349 arrests, against 432 in the same months of 2025.
Across Isabella County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 847 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Mount Pleasant Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Mount Pleasant 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 2022 the jail held about 140 people, down from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 196 beds, and it ran at 88 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 Isabella County Sheriff's Office at isabellacounty.org/law-justice/sheriffs-office/jail-inmate-services... (page title: Inmate Search | Isabella County Michigan), phone (989) 772-5915, 5270 E. Remus Rd. Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Michigan Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Mount Pleasant
Whether someone was arrested in Mount Pleasant, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Isabella County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Isabella County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at micourt.courts.michigan.gov/CourtDisplay/Display/public/OgnD1N5QJUG...); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at isabellacounty.org/law-justice/prosecuting-attorney, phone (989) 317-4085).
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
Michigan is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10 a search, through the Michigan 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 Mount Pleasant
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps.
- An arrest by the agency that reports for Mount Pleasant: its own records unit.
- An arrest by the Isabella County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (989) 772-5915.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (989) 317-4085, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Isabella County Circuit Court, through the court records page at micourt.courts.michigan.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Isabella County guide covers every agency in the county: Isabella County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Mount Pleasant each year?
Mount Pleasant reported 846 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Mount Pleasant?
Look on the custody page of the Isabella County Sheriff's Office at isabellacounty.org, or call (989) 772-5915. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Mount Pleasant booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Isabella County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Mount Pleasant?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Michigan State Police: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Mount Pleasant?
From the agency that made the arrest: the agency that reports for Mount Pleasant for its own arrests, the Isabella County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension.
Is this the official Mount Pleasant 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.