Okaloosa County Recent Arrests is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, free anyone, post bond, or pull an official booking record. Contact the government office that holds the record.
Choose the Official Custodian
Okaloosa County uses separate offices for jail custody, sheriff reports, municipal police records, and court outcomes. Start with the office tied to the event or current custody status.
Okaloosa County Department of Corrections1200 East James Lee Boulevard
Crestview, FL 32539
850-689-5690
Corrections-held media requests: riskinfo@myokaloosa.com Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Central Records
50 2nd Street
Shalimar, FL 32579
Central Records: 850-651-7434
Booking: 850-651-7430
Public counter: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
OCSO public-records portal
The following routes match each record type and custody system:
- For current Okaloosa jail custody, call county DOC or use the official inmate locator. A released person may no longer appear there.
- For an OCSO arrest report, contact Central Records or submit the JustFOIA request above. OCSO and county DOC are different custodians.
- For a city police report, contact Crestview Police Records at 850-682-3544, Fort Walton Beach Police Records at 850-833-9900 extension 2, or Niceville Police Records at 850-279-6436 extension 1212.
- For a case disposition, use the Okaloosa Clerk online services. The court docket, not the booking charge, records the later case result.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Florida Department of Corrections Offender Search. It is not a county recent-booking list.
- For federal prison custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator. For immigration detention, use the ICE detainee locator; either system can differ from county custody.