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 30, 2026.
Taylor County, Wisconsin, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Taylor County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Taylor 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: Taylor County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Taylor County
The Taylor County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Taylor County. It reported 225 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Medford, 4,604 residents: 128 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rib Lake, 913 residents: 5 arrests reported for 2019.
- Gilman, 381 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2019.
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 Taylor 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.
- Taylor County Sheriff's Office: 225 for 2025, 173 for 2024, 175 for 2023, 186 for 2022, 204 for 2021 and 158 for 2020.
- Medford: 128 for 2025, 137 for 2024, 133 for 2023, 224 for 2022, 155 for 2021 and 132 for 2020.
- Rib Lake: 5 for 2019.
- Gilman: 1 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 353 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 353 in 2025 against 310 in 2024, up 14 percent.
Through March 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 57 arrests, against 75 in the same months of 2025.
Gilman reported only part of 2025 (5 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Taylor County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Taylor County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 40 people, down from about 54 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 92 beds, and it ran at 44 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Taylor County Sheriff's Office at co.taylor.wi.us/departments/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | TC), phone 715.748.2200, 224 S 2nd St, Medford, WI 54451, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Taylor County
An arrest in Taylor County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Taylor County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.taylor.wi.us/departments/clerk-of-courts, phone 715.748.1425); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.taylor.wi.us/da, phone 715.748.1450).
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 Taylor County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Taylor County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 715.748.2200.
- An arrest in Medford, Rib Lake or Gilman: 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, 715.748.1450, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Taylor County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.taylor.wi.us/departments/clerk-of-courts, phone 715.748.1425.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Taylor County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in Taylor County: Medford, Rib Lake and Gilman. Stetsonville and Lublin 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 Taylor County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Taylor County each year?
The Taylor County Sheriff's Office reported 225 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 353 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Taylor County?
Ask the Taylor County Sheriff's Office at 715.748.2200; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.taylor.wi.us/departments/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Taylor County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Taylor County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Taylor 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 Taylor County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Taylor 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.
Is this the official Taylor 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.