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 on September 23, 2026.
Saginaw County, Michigan, has about 188,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Saginaw County depends on where the incident happened: the Saginaw 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Saginaw 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 Saginaw County that is the Saginaw 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 Saginaw County State Police in Saginaw County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's list also carries Saginaw Valley State University (campus police), with a records office of its own.
The Reese Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Saginaw County, so its arrests are not broken out for Saginaw County here.
Reports from the Saginaw County Sheriff's Office
The Saginaw County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 73 violent and 413 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 619 arrests for 2024.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Saginaw County
The eight cities the FBI lists in Saginaw County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Saginaw: 968 violent and 849 property crimes reported for 2025; 887 arrests reported for 2025.
- Saginaw (township): 77 violent and 630 property crimes reported for 2025; 825 arrests reported for 2025.
- Frankenmuth: 7 violent and 44 property crimes reported for 2025; 64 arrests reported for 2025.
- Chesaning: 2 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2025; 54 arrests reported for 2025.
- St. Charles: 7 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 18 arrests reported for 2025.
- Birch Run: 4 violent and 68 property crimes reported for 2025; 57 arrests reported for 2025.
- Zilwaukee: 9 arrests reported for 2023.
- Oakley: 1 arrests reported for 2021.
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: Saginaw County in 2025
The 12 agencies in Saginaw County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,319 violent and 2,438 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 11 agencies in Saginaw County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,670 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Michigan Freedom of Information Act Requires
The Michigan Freedom of Information Act sets the rules: an answer within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, at a charge of labor and copying, at rates the law caps, from the agency that holds the report.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (989)790-5330, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Saginaw County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Saginaw 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Saginaw County State Police in Saginaw County.
How do I get a report from the Saginaw County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension.
Is this the official Saginaw 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.