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.
Umatilla County, Oregon, has about 80,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Umatilla County depends on where the incident happened: the Umatilla 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 Oregon Public Records Law 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 Umatilla 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 Umatilla County that is the Umatilla 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 places the Umatilla County State Police in Umatilla County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's list also carries the Umatilla County Liquor Commission (state agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office
The Umatilla County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 37 violent and 223 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 237 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 541-966-3600. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, 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.
Reports from the City Agencies in Umatilla County
The six cities the FBI lists in Umatilla County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Hermiston: 47 violent and 499 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,353 arrests reported for 2025. The Hermiston police records page is at hermiston.gov/police/page/hpd-records-request-form, phone (541) 567-5519 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Pendleton: 66 violent and 373 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,314 arrests reported for 2025. The Pendleton police records page is at pendletonor.gov/police/page/reports, phone 541-276-4411 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Umatilla: 12 violent and 65 property crimes reported for 2025; 182 arrests reported for 2025.
- Milton-Freewater: 16 violent and 76 property crimes reported for 2025; 149 arrests reported for 2025. The Milton-Freewater police records page is at mfcity.com/police/webform/suspicious-activity-report-form, phone 541-938-5511 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Stanfield: 3 violent and 28 property crimes reported for 2025; 42 arrests reported for 2023.
- Pilot Rock: 31 arrests reported for 2024.
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: Umatilla County in 2025
The six agencies in Umatilla County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 181 violent and 1,264 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in Umatilla County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,235 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Oregon Public Records Law Requires
Under the Oregon Public Records Law the agency must answer a request within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5, and it may charge the actual cost of making the record available. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at umatilla.gov/249/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Umatilla, OR).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 541-278-6270, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Umatilla County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Oregon Public Records Law the answer is due within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5.
How long does an agency in Umatilla County have to answer?
Under the Oregon Public Records Law, within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5. It may charge the actual cost of making the record available.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in Umatilla County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Umatilla County State Police in Umatilla County.
How do I get a report from the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 541-966-3600. Under the Oregon Public Records Law the answer is due within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5.
Is this the official Umatilla 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.