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 on September 23, 2026.
Gladwin County, Michigan, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Gladwin County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies 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 Gladwin 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: Gladwin County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Gladwin County
The Gladwin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Gladwin County. It reported 314 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Gladwin County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Gladwin, 3,132 residents: 237 arrests reported for 2025.
- Beaverton, 1,214 residents: 45 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Gladwin County: the Gladwin County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Gladwin 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.
- Gladwin County Sheriff's Office: 314 for 2025, 305 for 2024, 324 for 2023, 295 for 2022, 290 for 2021 and 311 for 2020.
- Gladwin: 237 for 2025, 242 for 2024, 269 for 2023, 213 for 2022, 213 for 2021 and 175 for 2020.
- Beaverton: 45 for 2025, 67 for 2024, 103 for 2023, 42 for 2022, 70 for 2021 and 57 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 596 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 596 in 2025 against 614 in 2024, down 2.9 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Gladwin County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Gladwin 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 2019 the jail held about 63 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 84 beds, and it ran at 75 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 Gladwin County Sheriff's Office at gladwincounty-mi.gov/departments/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Gladwin County), phone 989.426.9284, 501 West Cedar Avenue, Gladwin, MI 48624, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 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 Gladwin County
An arrest in Gladwin County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Gladwin County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at gladwincounty-mi.gov/departments/county-clerk, phone 989.426.7351); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at gladwincounty-mi.gov/departments/prosecuting-attorney, phone 989.426.8592).
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 Gladwin 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 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 Gladwin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 989.426.9284.
- An arrest in Gladwin or Beaverton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Gladwin 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, 989.426.8592, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Gladwin County Circuit Court, through the court records page at gladwincounty-mi.gov/departments/county-clerk, phone 989.426.7351.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Gladwin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Gladwin County: Gladwin and Beaverton.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Gladwin County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Gladwin County each year?
The Gladwin County Sheriff's Office reported 314 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 596 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Gladwin County?
Ask the Gladwin County Sheriff's Office at 989.426.9284; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gladwincounty-mi.gov.
Where are people arrested in Gladwin County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Gladwin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Gladwin 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 Gladwin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Gladwin 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 Gladwin 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.