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 2, 2026.
Choctaw County, Oklahoma, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office and four city agencies. An arrest 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 Choctaw County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Choctaw County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Choctaw County
The Choctaw County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Choctaw County. It reported 130 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Hugo, 5,142 residents: 118 arrests reported for 2025.
- Boswell, 578 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fort Towson, 494 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sawyer, 337 residents: 2 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Choctaw County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Choctaw County Sheriff's Office: 130 for 2025, 147 for 2024, 96 for 2022, 80 for 2021, 258 for 2020 and 616 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Hugo: 118 for 2025, 192 for 2024, 210 for 2023, 191 for 2022, 196 for 2021 and 183 for 2020.
- Sawyer: 2 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 3 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 1 for 2021 and 6 for 2020.
- Boswell: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 1 for 2022 and 5 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Fort Towson: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 24 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 250 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 250 in 2025 against 342 in 2024, down 27 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Choctaw County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Choctaw County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 75 people, up from about 57 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 107 beds, and it ran at 69 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office at choctawcosheriff.com/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Choctaw County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Choctaw County
An arrest in Choctaw County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Choctaw County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at choctawnationcourt.com/case-records, phone 580-920-7027).
Statewide, OSCN and ODCR is the free online dockets of every Oklahoma district court.
Oklahoma is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can order a name-based criminal history search online, for $15 a search, through the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. 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 Choctaw County
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 Oklahoma Open Records Act the agency must answer promptly; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge copying at no more than 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- An arrest in Hugo, Boswell, Fort Towson or Sawyer: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Choctaw County District Court, through the court records page at choctawnationcourt.com/case-records, phone 580-920-7027.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Choctaw County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the five cities in Choctaw County: Hugo, Boswell, Fort Towson and Sawyer. Soper has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Choctaw County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Choctaw County each year?
The Choctaw County Sheriff's Office reported 130 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 250 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Choctaw County?
Look on the custody page of the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office at choctawcosheriff.com/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Choctaw County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Choctaw County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation: anyone can order a name-based criminal history search online, for $15. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Choctaw County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Choctaw 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.
Is this the official Choctaw 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.