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 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Tecumseh, Oklahoma, in Pottawatomie County, has about 6,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tecumseh is held at the county jail, run by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Tecumseh
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tecumseh is held at the county jail, run by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office at pottawatomiecountyok.com/oklahoma/pottawatomie-county-jail (page title: Pottawatomie County Jail, OK Inmates, Arrests, Mugshot Lookup), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Pottawatomie County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 320 people, up from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 366 beds, and it ran at 96 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pottawatomie County has about 74,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 43 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pottawatomie County Jail
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Tecumseh (filed by the FBI as Tecumseh Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Tecumseh.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Pottawatomie County: District Attorneys Council at Drug Task Force 23 (other agency).
The Prague Police Department and the Oklahoma City Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Pottawatomie County, so their arrests are not broken out for Pottawatomie County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Shawnee's 401 for 2025, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office's 230 for 2025 and Tecumseh's 155 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Pottawatomie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 888 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Tecumseh arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Pottawatomie County serves the sentence in a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Tecumseh?
Look on the custody page of the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office at pottawatomiecountyok.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Pottawatomie County jail?
About 320 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 366 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pottawatomie County go?
To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Is this the official Tecumseh 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.