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 23, 2026.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, has about 217,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Lackawanna County depends on where the incident happened: the Lackawanna 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 Right-to-Know 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 Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County that is the Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County State Police in Lackawanna County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's agency list also places four state agencies, five other agencies and three campus police departments in Lackawanna County, each with a records office of its own.
The Forest City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lackawanna County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lackawanna County here.
Reports from the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 570-963-6719. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at lackawannacounty.org/government/elected_officials/sheriff/index.php (page title: Welcome to Lackawanna County, PA), phone 570-963-6719, 200 N. Washington Avenue 1st floor Scranton, PA 18503, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Lackawanna County
The 18 cities the FBI lists in Lackawanna County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Scranton: 248 violent and 1,002 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,119 arrests reported for 2025. The Scranton police records page is at scrantonpa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/16-016-Public-Access-to-P..., phone 570.348.4134 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Dunmore: 137 arrests reported for 2023. The Dunmore police department's page is at dunmorepa.gov/police-department, phone (570) 343-0851 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Carbondale (township): 0 arrests reported for 2024.
- Carbondale: 7 violent and 40 property crimes reported for 2025; 386 arrests reported for 2025.
- Old Forge: 7 violent and 43 property crimes reported for 2025; 60 arrests reported for 2025. The Old Forge police department's page is at oldforgeborough.com/departments/police, phone 570-457-7441 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Archbald: 97 arrests reported for 2024.
- Blakely: 7 violent and 39 property crimes reported for 2025; 102 arrests reported for 2025. The Blakely police department's page is at blakelyborough.com/departments/police_department.php, phone 570-383-3346 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Taylor: 41 violent and 179 property crimes reported for 2025; 405 arrests reported for 2024.
- Moosic: 20 violent and 35 property crimes reported for 2025; 27 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dickson City: 15 violent and 142 property crimes reported for 2025; 66 arrests reported for 2025. The Dickson City police department's page is at dicksoncity-pa.gov/en-US/dickson-city-police-department-4c4b30aa (verified September 26, 2026).
- Olyphant: 3 violent and 19 property crimes reported for 2025; 67 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clarks Summit: 4 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2025; 3 arrests reported for 2025. The Clarks Summit police department's page is at clarkssummitboro.org/police, phone 570-586-9316 (verified September 26, 2026).
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 rest: Jessup, Throop, Jermyn, Moscow, Mayfield and Dalton.
How Many Reports: Lackawanna County in 2025
The 21 agencies in Lackawanna County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 393 violent and 1,641 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 16 agencies in Lackawanna County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,905 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Right-to-Know Law Requires
The Right-to-Know Law sets the rules: an answer within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, at a charge of copying at 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, 570-963-6717, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Lackawanna County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
How long does an agency in Lackawanna County have to answer?
Under the Right-to-Know Law, within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension. It may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in Lackawanna County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Lackawanna County State Police in Lackawanna County.
How do I get a report from the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 570-963-6719. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
Is this the official Lackawanna 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.