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 25, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Coal County, Oklahoma, has about 5,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Coal County depends on where the incident happened: the Coal 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: Coal County public records, Coal County arrest records, Coal County warrants, Coal County inmate search, Coal County criminal records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Coal 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 Coal County that is the Coal 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 Coal County Sheriff's Office
The Coal County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 7 violent and 34 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 94 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 580.258.2734. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at coal.okcounties.org/offices/county-sheriff (page title: County Sheriff), phone 580.258.2734, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Coal County
The two cities the FBI lists in Coal County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Coalgate: 0 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 24 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tupelo: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 9 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: Coal County in 2025
The three agencies in Coal County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7 violent and 49 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the three agencies in Coal County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 127 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Coal County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Coal 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 Coal 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 Coal County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 580.258.2734. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the answer is due promptly; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Coal 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.