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 24, 2026.
Douglas County, Washington, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Douglas County Superior 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: Douglas County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Douglas County
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Douglas County. It reported 263 arrests for 2025.
One city in Douglas County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- East Wenatchee, 14,330 residents: 401 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 Coulee Dam Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Douglas County, so its arrests are not broken out for Douglas County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Douglas 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.
- East Wenatchee: 401 for 2025, 474 for 2024, 451 for 2023, 441 for 2022, 294 for 2021 and 284 for 2020.
- Douglas County Sheriff's Office: 263 for 2025, 248 for 2024, 309 for 2022, 276 for 2020 and 297 for 2019; 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 664 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 664 in 2025 against 722 in 2024, down 8 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 330 arrests, against 339 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Douglas County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Douglas 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 2023 the jail held about 49 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 75 beds, and it ran at 65 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Washington State Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Douglas County
Whether someone was arrested in Douglas County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Douglas County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/269.html, phone 509-745-9063); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at douglascountywa.gov/m/directory/department?did=20, phone 509-884-7173).
Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
Washington is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: WATCH lets anyone search conviction records by name online, for $12 a search, through the Washington State Patrol. 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 Douglas County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge for copies at 15 cents a page, and set fees for electronic records.
- An arrest by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in East Wenatchee: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 509-884-7173, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Douglas County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/269.html, phone 509-745-9063.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Douglas County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Douglas County: East Wenatchee. Bridgeport, Rock Island, Waterville and Mansfield have 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 Douglas County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Douglas County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- East Wenatchee (14,330)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Douglas County each year?
East Wenatchee reported 401 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 664 between them.
Where are people arrested in Douglas County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Douglas County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Washington State Patrol: WATCH lets anyone search conviction records by name online, for $12. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Douglas County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Douglas County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) the answer is due within 5 business days.
Is this the official Douglas 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.