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 October 2, 2026.
Becker County, Minnesota, has about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Becker County Sheriff's Office, five 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Becker County District 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: Becker County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Becker County
The Becker County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Becker County. It reported 276 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Detroit Lakes, 10,033 residents: 275 arrests reported for 2025.
- Frazee, 1,310 residents: 3 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lake Park, 714 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Audubon, 569 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2024.
- Callaway, 180 residents: 10 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 Becker County: the State Patrol at Detroit Lakes (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Becker County
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.
- Becker County Sheriff's Office: 276 for 2025, 241 for 2024, 321 for 2023, 268 for 2022, 230 for 2021 and 172 for 2020.
- Detroit Lakes: 275 for 2025, 273 for 2024, 223 for 2023, 386 for 2021, 322 for 2020 and 508 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Callaway: 10 for 2025, 17 for 2024, 12 for 2023 and 9 for 2022.
- Frazee: 3 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 10 for 2022 and 15 for 2021; 2023 is missing months.
- Lake Park: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024 and 4 for 2022; 2023 is missing months.
- Audubon: 6 for 2024.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 564 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 564 in 2025 against 537 in 2024, up 5 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 265 arrests, against 385 in the same months of 2025.
Audubon reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Becker County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Becker County 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 2019 the jail held about 72 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 186 beds, and it ran at 39 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 Becker County Sheriff's Office at beckercountymn.gov/dept/sheriff/jail.aspx (page title: Radware Page), phone 218-325-0635, 1428 Stony Rd, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Becker County
For Becker County the place to look is Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
Minnesota is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions, through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. 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 Becker 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 Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable time, and it may charge copying, and staff time for requests over 100 pages.
- An arrest by the Becker County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 218-325-0635.
- An arrest in Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Lake Park, Audubon or Callaway: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Detroit Lakes: the records office of the agency involved.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Becker County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the seven cities in Becker County: Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Lake Park, Audubon and Callaway. Ogema and Wolf Lake have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Becker County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Becker County each year?
The Becker County Sheriff's Office reported 276 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 564 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Becker County?
Ask the Becker County Sheriff's Office at 218-325-0635; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at beckercountymn.gov/dept/sheriff/jail.aspx.
Where are people arrested in Becker County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Becker County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Becker County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Becker County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Becker County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable time.
Is this the official Becker 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.