Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Cameron County, Pennsylvania, has about 4,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by one city agency and seven campus, state or other agencies. An arrest 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 Cameron County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Cameron County public records, Pennsylvania arrest records, Pennsylvania inmate search and Pennsylvania criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Cameron County
One city in Cameron County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Emporium, 1,842 residents: 20 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.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Cameron County: the State Park Rangers at Sinnemahoning, the Bureau of Forestry in Cameron County, the Office of Attorney General Region 3 in Cameron County, Forest Rangers's Elk State Forest District 13 and two more (state agency); the Cameron County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Emporium 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.
- Emporium: 20 for 2025, 31 for 2024, 34 for 2020 and 38 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Through July 2026, Emporium reported 19 arrests, against 15 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cameron County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cameron County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 10 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the sheriff's office at cameroncountypa.com/government/sheriff.php (page title: County of Cameron, PA), phone (814) 486-3338, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections lists its inmates at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Cameron County
Whether someone was arrested in Cameron County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Cameron County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ujsportal.pacourts.us/casesearch); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at cameroncountypa.com/government/district_attorney.php, phone (814) 486-1181).
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Pennsylvania is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22 a search, through the Pennsylvania 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 Cameron County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest in Emporium: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Park Rangers at Sinnemahoning, the Bureau of Forestry in Cameron County or the Office of Attorney General Region 3 in Cameron County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (814) 486-1181, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Cameron County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at ujsportal.pacourts.us/casesearch.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at cameroncountytx.nextrequest.com (page title: Public Information PortalNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Cameron County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Cameron County: Emporium. Driftwood has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Cameron County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cameron County each year?
Emporium reported 20 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cameron County?
Ask the sheriff's office at (814) 486-3338; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cameroncountypa.com/government/sheriff.php.
Where are people arrested in Cameron County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cameron County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Pennsylvania State Police: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Right-to-Know Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Cameron County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the sheriff's office or the city's police. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at cameroncountytx.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Cameron 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.