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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Carter County, Oklahoma, has about 49,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Carter County depends on where the incident happened: the Carter 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 Oklahoma Open Records Act 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: Carter County public records, Carter County arrest records, Carter County warrants, Carter County criminal records, Carter County court records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Carter County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Carter County that is the Carter 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 Carter County Sheriff's Office
The Carter County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 14 violent and 107 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 117 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Carter County
The six cities the FBI lists in Carter County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Ardmore: 264 violent and 622 property crimes reported for 2025; 882 arrests reported for 2025. The Ardmore police department's page is at ardmorecity.org/m/directory/department?did=7, phone 580-223-1212 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Lone Grove: 3 violent and 32 property crimes reported for 2025; 36 arrests reported for 2025.
- Healdton: 1 violent and 29 property crimes reported for 2025; 34 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wilson: 1 violent and 12 property crimes reported for 2025; 23 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dickson: 3 violent and 12 property crimes reported for 2025; 42 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ratliff City: 0 violent and 6 property crimes reported for 2025; 1 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: Carter County in 2025
The seven agencies in Carter County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 286 violent and 820 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the seven agencies in Carter County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,135 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Oklahoma Open Records Act Requires
The Oklahoma Open Records Act sets the rules: an answer promptly; the statute sets no number of days, at a charge of copying at no more than 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, (580) 223-9674, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Carter County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Carter County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the answer is due promptly; the statute sets no number of days.
How long does an agency in Carter County have to answer?
Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act, promptly; the statute sets no number of days. It may charge copying at no more than 25 cents a page.
How do I get a report from the Carter County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the answer is due promptly; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Carter 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.