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.
St. Lawrence County, New York, has about 106,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from St. Lawrence County depends on where the incident happened: the St. Lawrence 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: St. Lawrence County public records, St. Lawrence County arrest records, St. Lawrence County warrants, St. Lawrence County inmate search, St. Lawrence County criminal records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County that is the St. Lawrence 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 carries the Potsdam State University of New York Police and the Canton State University of New York Police (campus police), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office
The St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 10 violent and 22 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 321 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (315) 379-2367. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at stlawco.gov/Departments/Sheriff/CorrectionalDivision (page title: Correctional Division | St. Lawrence County), phone (315) 379-2367, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in St. Lawrence County
The six cities the FBI lists in St. Lawrence County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Massena: 24 violent and 179 property crimes reported for 2025; 403 arrests reported for 2025. The Massena police records page is at massena.us/275/Obtain-Police-Reports-Records, phone 315-769-3577 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Ogdensburg: 46 violent and 479 property crimes reported for 2025; 536 arrests reported for 2025. The Ogdensburg police department's page is at ogdensburgny.gov/m/directory/department?did=4, phone (315) 393-1551 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Potsdam: 162 arrests reported for 2025.
- Canton: 2 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2025; 92 arrests reported for 2025. The Canton police department's page is at cantonny.gov/services/village_police/index.php, phone (315)386-4561 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Gouverneur: 20 violent and 171 property crimes reported for 2025; 171 arrests reported for 2025.
- Norwood: 2 violent and 3 property crimes reported for 2025; 15 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.
How Many Reports: St. Lawrence County in 2025
The seven agencies in St. Lawrence County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 108 violent and 874 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the eight agencies in St. Lawrence County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,705 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Freedom of Information Law Requires
The Freedom of Information Law sets the rules: an answer within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer, at a charge of copying at 25 cents a page, from the agency that holds the report.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in St. Lawrence County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (315) 379-2367. 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 St. Lawrence 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.