SearchSystems Editorial

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 9, 2026.

About this guide

Orange County, New York, has about 412,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Orange County depends on where the incident happened: the Orange 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 Freedom of Information Law 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: Orange County public records, Orange County arrest records, Orange County warrants, Orange County inmate search, Orange County criminal records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.

Which Agency Holds a Report from Orange County

The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.

In Orange County that is the Orange 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.

Reports from the Orange County Sheriff's Office

The Orange County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 1 violent and 10 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 199 arrests for 2025.

Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at orangecountyny.gov/2328/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Orange County, NY), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.

Reports from the City Agencies in Orange County

The 23 cities the FBI lists in Orange County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:

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 rest: Chester (town), Montgomery (village), Montgomery (town), Highland Falls, Maybrook, Tuxedo (village), Tuxedo (town), Cornwall-on-Hudson, Greenwood Lake, Florida and Harriman.

How Many Reports: Orange County in 2025

The 30 agencies in Orange County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 489 violent and 2,301 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.

Together, the 29 agencies in Orange County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,277 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.

What the Freedom of Information Law Requires

Under the Freedom of Information Law the agency must answer a request 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. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.

Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at orangecounty.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get a police report in Orange County?

From the agency whose officer took it: the Orange County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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.

How long does an agency in Orange County have to answer?

Under the Freedom of Information Law, within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer. It may charge copying at 25 cents a page.

How do I get a report from the Orange County Sheriff's Office?

From its records unit. 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 Orange 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.