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 October 9, 2026.
Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, has about 74,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Pottawatomie County depends on where the incident happened: the Pottawatomie 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County that is the Pottawatomie 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 District Attorneys Council at Drug Task Force 23 (other agency), with a records office of its own.
The Prague Police Department and the Oklahoma City Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Pottawatomie County, so their arrests are not broken out for Pottawatomie County here.
Reports from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 81 violent and 336 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 230 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at pottawatomiecountyok.com/oklahoma/pottawatomie-county-jail (page title: Pottawatomie County Jail, OK Inmates, Arrests, Mugshot Lookup), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Reports from the City Agencies in Pottawatomie County
The five cities the FBI lists in Pottawatomie County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Shawnee: 156 violent and 724 property crimes reported for 2025; 401 arrests reported for 2025. The Shawnee police records page is at shawneeok.org/police_report/request_a_copy_of_a_report/index.php, phone 405-878-1689 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Tecumseh: 29 violent and 117 property crimes reported for 2025; 155 arrests reported for 2025. The Tecumseh police department's page is at tecumsehok.org/government/police-department, phone 405-598-2115 (verified September 26, 2026).
- McLoud: 17 violent and 47 property crimes reported for 2025; 79 arrests reported for 2025.
- Maud: 3 violent and 20 property crimes reported for 2025; 6 arrests reported for 2025.
- Earlsboro: 3 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 17 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: Pottawatomie County in 2025
The six agencies in Pottawatomie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 289 violent and 1,245 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the six agencies in Pottawatomie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 888 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Oklahoma Open Records Act Requires
Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the agency must answer a request promptly; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge copying at no more than 25 cents a page. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Pottawatomie County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie 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.