Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan, has about 265,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Kalamazoo County depends on where the incident happened: the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Michigan Freedom of Information Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Kalamazoo County public records, Kalamazoo County arrest records, Kalamazoo County warrants, Kalamazoo County inmate search, Kalamazoo County criminal records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Kalamazoo County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Kalamazoo County that is the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also places the Kalamazoo County State Police in Kalamazoo County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's list also carries Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Western Michigan University (campus police), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office
The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 411 violent and 1,971 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 389 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 269-488-8911. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at kalcounty.gov/1215/Inmate-Search (page title: Inmate Search | Kalamazoo County, MI), phone 269-488-8911, 1500 Lamont Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49048, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Kalamazoo County
The seven cities the FBI lists in Kalamazoo County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Kalamazoo: 794 violent and 2,159 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,303 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kalamazoo (township): 157 violent and 574 property crimes reported for 2025; 980 arrests reported for 2025.
- Portage: 100 violent and 1,203 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,021 arrests reported for 2025.
- Vicksburg: 14 violent and 44 property crimes reported for 2025; 40 arrests reported for 2025.
- Schoolcraft: 1 violent and 7 property crimes reported for 2025; 3 arrests reported for 2025.
- Richland: 4 violent and 5 property crimes reported for 2025; 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Augusta: 1 violent and 19 property crimes reported for 2025; 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 Reports: Kalamazoo County in 2025
The nine agencies in Kalamazoo County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,485 violent and 5,994 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the nine agencies in Kalamazoo County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,739 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Michigan Freedom of Information Act Requires
Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer a request within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 269-383-8900, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Kalamazoo County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Kalamazoo 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.
How long does an agency in Kalamazoo County have to answer?
Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension. It may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in Kalamazoo County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Kalamazoo County State Police in Kalamazoo County.
How do I get a report from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 269-488-8911. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension.
Is this the official Kalamazoo 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.