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.
Ottawa County, Oklahoma, has about 30,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Ottawa County depends on where the incident happened: the Ottawa 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: Ottawa County public records, Ottawa County arrest records, Ottawa County warrants, Ottawa County inmate search, Ottawa County criminal records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Ottawa 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 Ottawa County that is the Ottawa 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 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and Northeast Technology Center (campus police) and Miami Public Schools (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 18 violent and 144 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 38 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at ottawacountysook.gov/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Ottawa County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Ottawa County
The five cities the FBI lists in Ottawa County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Miami: 61 violent and 301 property crimes reported for 2025; 251 arrests reported for 2025. The Miami police department's page is at miamiok.gov/172/Police-Department (verified September 26, 2026).
- Commerce: 14 arrests reported for 2023.
- Fairland: 4 violent and 12 property crimes reported for 2025; 40 arrests reported for 2025.
- Afton: 4 violent and 19 property crimes reported for 2025; 8 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wyandotte: 4 violent and 8 property crimes reported for 2025; 21 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: Ottawa County in 2025
The five agencies in Ottawa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 91 violent and 484 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in Ottawa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 358 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, 918.542.5547, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Ottawa County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the answer is due promptly; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Ottawa 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.