Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 September 25, 2026.
Plattsburgh, New York, in Clinton County, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Clinton County Supreme and County Courts. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Plattsburgh public records, Clinton County arrest records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Plattsburgh
The FBI lists Plattsburgh with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Plattsburgh City Police Department. It reported 647 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Clinton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 318 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Clinton County: the Plattsburgh State University of New York Police (campus police).
How Many Arrests Plattsburgh Reports
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.
- Plattsburgh: 647 for 2025, 493 for 2024, 485 for 2023, 428 for 2022 and 439 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
Plattsburgh's 647 arrests in 2025 were up 31 percent from 493 in 2024.
Across Clinton County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 965 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Plattsburgh Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Plattsburgh 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 130 people on an average day, down from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 271 beds, and it ran at 64 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision lists its inmates at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Plattsburgh
An arrest in Plattsburgh can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Clinton County Supreme and County Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at clintoncountyny.gov/countyclerk, phone 518-565-4700); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at clintoncountyny.gov/da, phone (518) 565-4770).
Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
New York is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, for $95 a search, through the New York State Office of Court Administration. 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 Plattsburgh
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 Freedom of Information Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Plattsburgh police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofplattsburgh-ny.gov/department/police-department/request-recor... (page title: Request Records (FOIL) | City of Plattsburgh, New York), phone (518)566-9000, 45 Pine St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Clinton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (518) 565-4770, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Clinton County Supreme and County Courts, through the court records page at clintoncountyny.gov/countyclerk, phone 518-565-4700.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The Clinton County guide covers every agency in the county: Clinton County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Plattsburgh each year?
Plattsburgh reported 647 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Plattsburgh booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Clinton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Plattsburgh?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the New York State Office of Court Administration: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, for $95. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Freedom of Information Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Plattsburgh?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Plattsburgh police for its own arrests, the Clinton County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Freedom of Information Law the answer is due within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer.
Is this the official Plattsburgh website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.