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 September 30, 2026.
Alcona County, Michigan, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Alcona County Sheriff's Office and one state agency. 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 Alcona County 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: Alcona County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Alcona County
The Alcona County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Alcona County. It reported 70 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Alcona County: the Alcona County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Alcona 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.
- Alcona County Sheriff's Office: 70 for 2025, 71 for 2024, 47 for 2023, 51 for 2022, 34 for 2021 and 48 for 2020.
The Alcona County Sheriff's Office's 70 arrests in 2025 were down 1.4 percent from 71 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Alcona County Sheriff's Office reported 37 arrests, against 53 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Alcona County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Alcona 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 2020 the jail held about 4 people, down from about 21 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 31 beds, and it ran at 68 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 Alcona County Sheriff's Office at alconasheriff.com/?page_id=50 (page title: Corrections: | Alcona County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Alcona County
Whether someone was arrested in Alcona County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Alcona 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/WfHn_5rwhUK...); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at alconacountymi.com/home/385-2, phone (989) 724-9460).
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 Alcona 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 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 Alcona County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the Alcona County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (989) 724-9460, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Alcona 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.
Cities in Alcona County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Alcona 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 Alcona County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Alcona County each year?
The Alcona County Sheriff's Office reported 70 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Alcona County?
Ask the Alcona County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at alconasheriff.com/?page_id=50.
Where are people arrested in Alcona County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Alcona County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Alcona County?
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 Alcona County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Alcona County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension.
Is this the official Alcona 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.