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.
Okanogan County, Washington, has about 45,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office and five 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 Okanogan 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: Okanogan County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Okanogan County
The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Okanogan County. It reported 369 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside five of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Omak, 5,167 residents.
- Brewster, 2,090 residents: 16 arrests reported for 2025.
- Oroville, 1,911 residents: 40 arrests reported for 2020.
- Coulee Dam, 1,242 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Winthrop, 603 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2021.
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 Okanogan 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.
- Okanogan County Sheriff's Office: 369 for 2024, 314 for 2023, 283 for 2022, 347 for 2021, 508 for 2020 and 474 for 2019.
- Brewster: 16 for 2025, 25 for 2023, 22 for 2022, 24 for 2020 and 70 for 2019; 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
- Coulee Dam: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 0 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Oroville: 40 for 2020.
- Winthrop: 4 for 2021 and 7 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 339 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 339 in 2023 against 305 in 2022, up 11 percent.
Winthrop reported only part of 2023 (1 month) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Okanogan County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Okanogan 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 45 people, down from about 94 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 70 beds, and it ran at 65 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 Okanogan County Sheriff's Office at okanogancounty.gov/291/Booking-Inmate-Log (page title: Booking & Inmate Log | Okanogan County, WA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Okanogan County
An arrest in Okanogan County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Okanogan 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/283.html, phone 509-422-7130); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at okanogancounty.gov/190/Prosecutor, phone 509-422-7280).
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 Okanogan 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 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 Okanogan County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Omak, Brewster, Oroville, Coulee Dam or Winthrop: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 509-422-7280, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Okanogan County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/283.html, phone 509-422-7130.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at okanogancounty.gov (page title: Public Records Request Form | Okanogan County, WA).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Okanogan County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the 13 cities in Okanogan County: Omak, Brewster, Oroville, Coulee Dam and Winthrop. Okanogan, Tonasket, Twisp, Pateros, Riverside, Elmer City, Nespelem and Conconully 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 Okanogan County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Okanogan County each year?
The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office reported 369 arrests to the FBI for 2024. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Okanogan County sent in full, the three with every month on file reported 339 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Okanogan County?
Look on the custody page of the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office at okanogancounty.gov/291/Booking-Inmate-Log. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Okanogan County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Okanogan 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 Okanogan County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Okanogan 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at okanogancounty.gov.
Is this the official Okanogan 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.