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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Dodge County, Wisconsin, has about 89,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Dodge County depends on where the incident happened: the Dodge 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 Wisconsin Public Records Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Dodge County public records, Dodge County arrest records, Dodge County warrants, Dodge County inmate search, Dodge County criminal records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Dodge County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Dodge County that is the Dodge 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 Watertown Police Department and the Hartford Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Dodge County, so their arrests are not broken out for Dodge County here.
Reports from the Dodge County Sheriff's Office
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it reported 1,558 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 120 103 2023. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at dodgecounty.wisconsininmatepopulation.us (page title: Dodge County Inmate Population | Custody Search), phone 120 103 2023, 216 W. Center Street Juneau, WI 53039, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Dodge County
The 12 cities the FBI lists in Dodge County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Beaver Dam (township). The Beaver Dam police department's page is at ci.beaverdam.wi.gov/m/directory/department?did=20, phone 920-887-4614 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Beaver Dam: 702 arrests reported for 2025. The Beaver Dam police department's page is at ci.beaverdam.wi.gov/m/directory/department?did=20, phone 920-887-4614 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Waupun: 239 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mayville: 175 arrests reported for 2025.
- Horicon: 107 arrests reported for 2025.
- Juneau: 50 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lomira: 69 arrests reported for 2022.
- Fox Lake: 21 arrests reported for 2019.
- Theresa: 27 arrests reported for 2020.
- Hustisford: 37 arrests reported for 2023.
- Iron Ridge: 12 arrests reported for 2020.
- Brownsville: 1 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.
What the Wisconsin Public Records Law Requires
The Wisconsin Public Records Law sets the rules: an answer as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days, at a charge of the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at co.dodge.wi.gov/courts-clerk/request (page title: Request a Record | Dodge County, Wisconsin).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 920-386-3610, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Dodge County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Dodge County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law the answer is due as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days.
How long does an agency in Dodge County have to answer?
Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law, as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days. It may charge the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating.
How do I get a report from the Dodge County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 120 103 2023. Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law the answer is due as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days.
Is this the official Dodge 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.