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 24, 2026.
Garvin County, Oklahoma, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Garvin County depends on where the incident happened: the Garvin 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: Garvin County public records, Garvin County arrest records, Garvin County warrants, Garvin County inmate search, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Garvin 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 Garvin County that is the Garvin 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 Wynnewood Public Schools (other agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Garvin County Sheriff's Office
The Garvin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 23 violent and 158 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 376 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at garvincountysheriff.net/detention-center (page title: Garvin County Sheriffs Office | Detention Center), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Garvin County
The seven cities the FBI lists in Garvin County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Pauls Valley: 26 violent and 123 property crimes reported for 2025; 204 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lindsay: 4 violent and 28 property crimes reported for 2025; 37 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wynnewood: 5 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2025; 30 arrests reported for 2025.
- Stratford: 8 violent and 25 property crimes reported for 2025; 18 arrests reported for 2025.
- Maysville: 1 violent and 8 property crimes reported for 2025; 22 arrests reported for 2025.
- Elmore City: 3 arrests reported for 2023.
- Paoli: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 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: Garvin County in 2025
The seven agencies in Garvin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 67 violent and 360 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the seven agencies in Garvin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 687 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 Garvin County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Garvin 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 Garvin 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 Garvin 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 Garvin 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.