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 on September 23, 2026.
Price County, Wisconsin, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Price 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 District Attorney files charges, a case in the Price County Circuit 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: Price County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Price County
The Price County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Price County. It reported 215 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Price County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Park Falls, 2,375 residents: 46 arrests reported for 2024.
- Phillips, 1,489 residents: 141 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 Price County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Price County Sheriff's Office: 215 for 2025, 234 for 2024, 265 for 2023, 173 for 2022, 159 for 2021 and 168 for 2020.
- Phillips: 141 for 2025, 159 for 2024, 163 for 2023, 114 for 2022, 131 for 2021 and 156 for 2020.
- Park Falls: 46 for 2024, 36 for 2023, 45 for 2022, 57 for 2020 and 63 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 356 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 356 in 2025 against 393 in 2024, down 9.4 percent.
Park Falls reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Price County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Price 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 2025 the jail held about 24 people, up from about 22 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 24 beds, and it ran at 100 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 Price County Sheriff's Office at co.price.wi.us/1109/Current-Inmate-List (page title: Current Inmate List | Price County, WI), 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 Wisconsin Department of Corrections lists its inmates at appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Price County
An arrest in Price County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Price County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Price County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.price.wi.us/193/Clerk-of-Circuit-Court, phone 715-339-2353); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.price.wi.us/173/District-Attorney, phone 715-339-3095).
Statewide, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court.
Wisconsin is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Wisconsin Online Record Check System lets anyone run a name-based check, through the Wisconsin Department of Justice. 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 Price 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 Wisconsin Public Records Law the agency must answer as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating.
- An arrest by the Price County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Park Falls or Phillips: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 715-339-3095, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Price County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.price.wi.us/193/Clerk-of-Circuit-Court, phone 715-339-2353.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.price.wi.us/268/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records Request | Price County, WI).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Price County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Price County: Park Falls and Phillips. Prentice, Kennan and Catawba 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 Price County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Price County each year?
The Price County Sheriff's Office reported 215 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 356 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Price County?
Look on the custody page of the Price County Sheriff's Office at co.price.wi.us/1109/Current-Inmate-List. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Price County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Price County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Price County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Wisconsin Department of Justice: the Wisconsin Online Record Check System lets anyone run a name-based check. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Wisconsin Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Price County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Price 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.price.wi.us/268/Open-Records-Request.
Is this the official Price 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.