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.
Todd County, Minnesota, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Todd County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 Todd 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: Todd County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Todd County
The Todd County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Todd County. It reported 245 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Long Prairie, 3,710 residents: 51 arrests reported for 2025.
- Staples, 3,075 residents: 94 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 Osakis Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Todd County, so its arrests are not broken out for Todd County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Todd 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.
- Todd County Sheriff's Office: 245 for 2025, 190 for 2024, 199 for 2023, 368 for 2022, 385 for 2021 and 354 for 2020.
- Staples: 94 for 2025, 63 for 2024, 63 for 2023, 54 for 2022, 105 for 2021 and 83 for 2020.
- Long Prairie: 51 for 2025, 74 for 2024, 37 for 2023, 50 for 2022, 51 for 2021 and 16 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 390 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 390 in 2025 against 327 in 2024, up 19 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 206 arrests, against 256 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Todd County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Todd 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 2021 the jail held about 14 people, down from about 30 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 52 beds, and it ran at 58 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Todd County
An arrest in Todd County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at toddcountymn.gov/government/departments/county_attorney/index.php, phone 320-732-6039).
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 Todd 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 Todd County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Long Prairie or Staples: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 320-732-6039, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at toddcountymn.gov (page title: Todd County, MN).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Todd County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the ten cities in Todd County: Long Prairie and Staples. Browerville, Clarissa, Bertha, Eagle Bend, Grey Eagle, Hewitt, Burtrum and West Union 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 Todd County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Todd County each year?
The Todd County Sheriff's Office reported 245 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 390 between them.
Where are people arrested in Todd County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Todd County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Todd 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 Todd County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Todd 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at toddcountymn.gov.
Is this the official Todd 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.