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.
Obion County, Tennessee, has about 30,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Obion County depends on where the incident happened: the Obion 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 Tennessee Public 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 Obion 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 Obion County that is the Obion 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 Drug Task Force's 27th Judicial District (other agency), with a records office of its own.
The Trimble Police Department and the Kenton Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Obion County, so their arrests are not broken out for Obion County here.
Reports from the Obion County Sheriff's Office
The Obion County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 24 violent and 54 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 513 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at obioncountysheriff.com (page title: OBION COUNTY SHERIFF), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Obion County
The five cities the FBI lists in Obion County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Union City: 50 violent and 231 property crimes reported for 2025; 841 arrests reported for 2025.
- South Fulton: 5 violent and 29 property crimes reported for 2025; 86 arrests reported for 2025.
- Troy: 30 arrests reported for 2020.
- Obion: 40 arrests reported for 2021.
- Hornbeak: 3 arrests reported for 2020.
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: Obion County in 2025
The three agencies in Obion County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 79 violent and 314 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the three agencies in Obion County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,440 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Tennessee Public Records Act Requires
Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the agency must answer a request within 7 business days, and it may charge copying, and labor after the first hour. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney General handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Obion County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Obion County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
How long does an agency in Obion County have to answer?
Under the Tennessee Public Records Act, within 7 business days. It may charge copying, and labor after the first hour.
How do I get a report from the Obion County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
Is this the official Obion 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.