Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 September 26, 2026.
Milton-Freewater, Oregon, in Umatilla County, has about 7,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city 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 Umatilla County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Milton-Freewater public records, Umatilla County arrest records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Milton-Freewater
The FBI lists Milton-Freewater with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Milton-Freewater Police Department. It reported 149 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 237 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Umatilla County: the Umatilla County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Umatilla County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Milton-Freewater Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Milton-Freewater: 149 for 2025, 172 for 2024, 152 for 2023, 169 for 2022, 138 for 2021 and 145 for 2020.
Milton-Freewater's 149 arrests in 2025 were down 13 percent from 172 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Milton-Freewater reported 56 arrests, against 77 in the same months of 2025.
Across Umatilla County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,235 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Milton-Freewater Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Milton-Freewater 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 2023 the jail held about 120 people, down from about 180 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 174 beds, and it ran at 105 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office at co.umatilla.or.us/departments/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Umatilla County), phone 541-966-3600, 4700 NW Pioneer Place Pendleton, OR 97801, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Oregon Department of Corrections lists its inmates at oregon.gov/doc/victim-services/pages/offender-search.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Milton-Freewater
Whether someone was arrested in Milton-Freewater, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Umatilla County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.oregon.gov/courts/umatilla/records/pages/default.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.umatilla.or.us/departments/district-attorney, phone 541-278-6270).
Statewide, Oregon eCourt Case Information is the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information.
Oregon is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: an Open Record Request returns anyone's Oregon conviction record by name, and the subject is told who asked, for $10 a search, through the Oregon State Police. 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 Milton-Freewater
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 Oregon Public Records Law the agency must answer within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5, and it may charge the actual cost of making the record available.
- An arrest by the Milton-Freewater police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at mfcity.com/police/webform/suspicious-activity-report-form (page title: Suspicious Activity Report Form | City of Milton-Freewater Oregon), phone 541-938-5511, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 541-966-3600.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 541-278-6270, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Umatilla County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at umatilla.gov/249/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Umatilla, OR).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Umatilla County guide covers every agency in the county: Umatilla County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Milton-Freewater each year?
Milton-Freewater reported 149 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Milton-Freewater?
Ask the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office at 541-966-3600; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.umatilla.or.us/departments/sheriffs-office.
Where are people arrested in Milton-Freewater booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Milton-Freewater?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Oregon State Police: an Open Record Request returns anyone's Oregon conviction record by name, and the subject is told who asked, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Oregon Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Milton-Freewater?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Milton-Freewater police for its own arrests, the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Oregon Public Records Law the answer is due within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at umatilla.gov/249/Public-Records-Request.
Is this the official Milton-Freewater website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.