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.
Franklin County, Washington, has about 101,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office and two city 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Franklin 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: Franklin County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Franklin County
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Franklin County. It reported 165 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Franklin County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Pasco, 81,724 residents: 2,337 arrests reported for 2025.
- Connell, 5,071 residents: 34 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Franklin County
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.
- Pasco: 2,337 for 2025, 2,340 for 2024, 1,923 for 2023, 1,928 for 2022, 1,706 for 2021 and 1,868 for 2020.
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office: 165 for 2025, 260 for 2024, 240 for 2023, 300 for 2022, 386 for 2021 and 359 for 2020.
- Connell: 34 for 2025, 18 for 2024, 13 for 2023, 12 for 2022, 31 for 2021 and 42 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,536 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,536 in 2025 against 2,618 in 2024, down 3.1 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Franklin County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Franklin County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 120 people, down from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 320 beds, and it ran at 53 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at jail.co.franklin.wa.us/InmateList/currentinmatelist.html (page title: Inmate Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Franklin County
Whether someone was arrested in Franklin County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Franklin 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/271.html, phone 509-736-3071); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at franklincountywa.gov/prosecutor, phone 509-545-3543).
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 Franklin 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 Franklin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Pasco or Connell: 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, 509-545-3543, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Franklin County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/271.html, phone 509-736-3071.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Franklin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Franklin County: Pasco and Connell. Mesa and Kahlotus 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 Franklin County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Franklin County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Franklin County each year?
Pasco reported 2,337 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,536 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Franklin County?
Look on the custody page of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at jail.co.franklin.wa.us. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Franklin County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Franklin 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 Franklin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Franklin 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 Franklin 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.