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 September 30, 2026.
Pulaski County, Virginia, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one state agency. 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 Commonwealth's Attorney files charges, a case in the Pulaski Circuit Court. 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: Pulaski County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pulaski County
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pulaski County. It reported 951 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Pulaski County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Pulaski, 8,805 residents: 437 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dublin, 2,657 residents: 86 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 one more agency in Pulaski County: the Pulaski County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Pulaski County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Pulaski County Sheriff's Office: 951 for 2025, 1,049 for 2024, 1,081 for 2023, 1,025 for 2022, 598 for 2021 and 674 for 2020.
- Pulaski: 437 for 2025, 450 for 2024, 469 for 2023, 415 for 2022, 448 for 2020 and 707 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Dublin: 86 for 2025, 83 for 2024, 64 for 2022, 85 for 2020 and 109 for 2019; 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,474 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,474 in 2025 against 1,582 in 2024, down 6.8 percent.
Through May 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 434 arrests, against 647 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pulaski County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pulaski 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 2025 the jail held about 620 people, up from about 180 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 169 beds, and it ran at 74 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Virginia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Pulaski County
An arrest in Pulaski County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Pulaski Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vacourts.gov/courts/gd/pulaski/home, phone (540) 980-7470); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pulaskicounty.org/commonwealths-attorney.html, phone 540-980-7893).
Statewide, Online Case Information System is the Virginia courts' free statewide case search.
Virginia does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Virginia State Police goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Pulaski 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 Virginia Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 working days, and it may charge the actual cost of searching and copying.
- An arrest by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Pulaski or Dublin: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Pulaski County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Commonwealth's Attorney, 540-980-7893, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pulaski Circuit Court, through the court records page at vacourts.gov/courts/gd/pulaski/home, phone (540) 980-7470.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pulaskicountygovernment.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange; a check on someone else needs their signed consent.
Cities in Pulaski County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Pulaski County: Pulaski and Dublin.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Pulaski Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pulaski County each year?
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office reported 951 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,474 between them.
Where are people arrested in Pulaski County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pulaski County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Pulaski Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Virginia State Police is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Pulaski County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 working days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pulaskicountygovernment.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Pulaski 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.