Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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 24, 2026.
Oconto County, Wisconsin, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Oconto County depends on where the incident happened: the Oconto 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, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Oconto County public records, Oconto County arrest records, Oconto County warrants, Oconto County inmate search, Oconto County criminal records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Oconto County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Oconto County that is the Oconto 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.
Reports from the Oconto County Sheriff's Office
The Oconto County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 32 violent and 191 property crimes reported for 2022 and reported 612 arrests for 2024.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at ocontocountywi.gov/700/Inmate-Information (page title: Inmate Information | Oconto County, WI), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Oconto County
The five cities the FBI lists in Oconto County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Oconto: 2 violent and 33 property crimes reported for 2022; 169 arrests reported for 2025.
- Oconto Falls: 3 violent and 27 property crimes reported for 2022; 129 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gillett: 1 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2022; 24 arrests reported for 2022.
- Lena: 25 arrests reported for 2019.
- Suring.
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 Reports: Oconto County in 2022
The four agencies in Oconto County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 38 violent and 265 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Oconto County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 900 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
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 ocontocountywi.gov/231/Request-Copies-of-Court-Records (page title: Request Copies of Court Records | Oconto County, WI).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 920-834-6865, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Oconto County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Oconto 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 Oconto 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 Oconto County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 Oconto 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.