Public Kings County Arrest Records

Kings County Arrest Records are available in a number of resources. The best resource would be the Kings County Sheriff’s Office. Other places to look would be the local Superior Court and local Police Departments.

An arrest document is a general term for documented facts, stating that the person involved has been questioned, apprehended, detained, held for investigation, arrested, charged with, indicted or tried for any felony, misdemeanor or other offense by any law enforcement or military authority. A person with an arrest record may or may not have criminal charges filed against him/ her.

As stated by the California Public Records Act, all public details in possession by the government must be made available for the public’s inspection. Public facts are defined as any record which contains information relating to the conduct of government business, which is prepared, owned, used or retained by a government agency. This may include, but is definitely not limited to, electronic media, paper, e-mail, microfilm, audiotapes, videotapes, magnetic tapes, and CDs or DVDs. Arrest data are considered public information. Thus, California Criminal arrest Information are thus, searchable, and copies of reports are available per request.

The Kings County Sheriff’s Office has a records unit that is responsible for collecting, filing, and releasing of all reports initiated by the Sheriff. Specifically, the said Records Division maintains and processes bookings on arrested persons; certifies arrest warrants issued by the courts; and registers sex, drug, and arson offenders. The unit processes and verifies statistical data into the records management system, and provides assistance to the public in person and plenty of other public services including clerical assistance to other local police departments; distributes crime reports; and completes written requests for information from other authorized agencies. The Records Division is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To make a request for an arrest file, the requestor may visit the Kings County Sheriff’s Office. The Office also provides an official website as public service to its citizens. It contains most of the details needed in order to file for a request. A valid public records request is a request for a specific and identifiable public report. The more information the requestor is able to provide the more efficient the search.

For booking and inmate information, the searcher may find the information on the website. Kings County criminal arrest data files or booking list of up to 72 hours are available at the site. Current inmate lists are also available at the site. This can be downloaded and can be saved as file to the computer of the searcher. There is also the Offender Watch search tool available at the site. This can help victims of crimes to see details about the offender. It will help them notify the authorities in instances where the said offender is in the specified radius determined by the victim. Anyone can register and provide as many addresses as they want to the Offender Watch program confidentially.

The searcher may also visit the site’s Media Log page to see the latest arrests made by the Sheriff’s Office. It contains Kings County Arrest Logs, and a real time record of the county’s daily activity.