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 October 9, 2026.
Polk County, Wisconsin, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Polk County depends on where the incident happened: the Polk 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Polk 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 Polk County that is the Polk 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 Polk County Sheriff's Office
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 23 violent and 74 property crimes reported for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 715-485-8300. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at polkcountywi.gov/government/elected_officials/sheriff/index.php (page title: Welcome to Polk County, WI), phone 715-485-8300, 1005 West Main St, Suite 900 Balsam Lake, WI 54810, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Polk County
The five cities the FBI lists in Polk County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Amery: 5 violent and 8 property crimes reported for 2025; 151 arrests reported for 2025.
- Osceola: 2 violent and 28 property crimes reported for 2025; 143 arrests reported for 2025.
- St. Croix Falls: 286 arrests reported for 2025.
- Frederic: 7 arrests reported for 2020.
- Balsam Lake: 1,159 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 Reports: Polk County in 2025
The three agencies in Polk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 30 violent and 110 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Polk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,739 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 polkcountywi.gov/how_do_i/open_records_request.php (page title: Open Records Request Polk County WI).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 715-485-9231, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Polk County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Polk 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 Polk 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 Polk County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 715-485-8300. 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 Polk 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.