Baldwin County Police Blotter Search

Police blotter records from Baldwin County cover arrests, crime reports, and incident logs from the sheriff's office and other law enforcement agencies in the Milledgeville area. Sheriff William Massee Jr. leads the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, which serves as the primary source for these records. As the former capital of Georgia, Milledgeville is home to Georgia College and State University, which adds a distinct population to Baldwin County. Getting police blotter records here is straightforward when you know which agency to ask and what the law allows you to see.

Baldwin County Sheriff Police Blotter

The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office handles law enforcement for the unincorporated parts of the county and supports the Milledgeville Police Department when needed. Sheriff William Massee Jr. runs the office from PO Box 830 in Milledgeville. The phone number is (478) 445-5823. Deputies respond to calls, investigate crimes, serve warrants, and manage the Baldwin County jail. Every one of those activities generates police blotter records.

Milledgeville also has its own police department, which creates separate reports for incidents within city limits. If the event happened inside Milledgeville, contact the city police first. For everything else in Baldwin County, the sheriff's office is your source. Both agencies keep their own records, so knowing where the incident took place in Baldwin County matters when you are trying to track down a specific report.

Reading Baldwin County Police Blotter

Georgia's Open Records Act governs access to police blotter records in Baldwin County. Under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70, public records include all documents prepared and maintained by agencies like the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office. You can request copies of incident reports, arrest records, and booking logs. There is no requirement to explain why you want them.

Submit your request in writing to the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office. Include the date of the incident and any names you know. The office has three business days to respond per O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71. Copies cost up to 10 cents per page. The first quarter hour of search time is free. After that, Baldwin County can bill you at a rate tied to the lowest-paid employee who can handle the request. If you need certified copies from Baldwin County, add $2.00 for the certification fee.

Records from pending investigations may be exempt. O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 allows agencies to withhold files that could compromise an active case in Baldwin County. But the basic incident report for a crime, the first record that gets created, is almost always available to anyone who asks.

State Patrol Police Blotter in Baldwin County

Georgia State Patrol troopers generate their own police blotter records when they work in Baldwin County. Highway crashes, traffic stops, and state road incidents go through the Department of Public Safety rather than the sheriff's office. The EPORTS system is the online tool for requesting these records.

Crash reports from Baldwin County cost $5.00 each through EPORTS. Incident reports are $2.00. The first citation is free, and each additional one within a 24-hour window is $1.00. Most Baldwin County state patrol reports are available three to five business days after the event. Multi-vehicle crashes or those with serious injuries take longer. You submit a request, get an email notification, then pay and download.

For materials not available in EPORTS, such as dash cam video or photographs from Baldwin County incidents, email the DPS Open Records Unit at openrecords@gsp.net. These requests are handled separately.

Statewide Crime Data for Baldwin County

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation plays a support role in Baldwin County. When local law enforcement needs help with a serious crime, the GBI can step in. Any investigative files the GBI creates for Baldwin County cases are held by the GBI, not the local sheriff. You can request those records through the GBI Records Request Center.

The Sex Offender Registry is searchable for free. Look up offenders in Baldwin County by name or zip code. Under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-34, criminal history checks through the GBI require consent from the person being searched, unless the record is a Georgia felony conviction. Felony conviction data is public. The GDC offender search covers state prison inmates, including anyone convicted in Baldwin County who is now in a state facility.

The GBI's records request page is shown below. Use it for any investigation file tied to Baldwin County.

The GBI collects crime statistics from over 600 agencies statewide, including those in Baldwin County, as part of the Uniform Crime Reporting program.

Baldwin County Police Report Contents

Police blotter entries from Baldwin County follow a format common across Georgia. Each report has a case number, the date and time of the event, the location within Baldwin County, and the type of call or crime. If an arrest was made, the arrested person's name and charges appear on the record. The deputy or officer who responded is also named.

Georgia law requires that certain personal details be removed from public versions of police reports. Phone numbers, day and month of birth, and medical information are redacted from Baldwin County reports before you receive them. The year of birth stays. These redaction rules protect individual privacy while keeping the substance of the police blotter available. If you are a party to the case or a lawyer working on a related legal matter, you may be able to get a less redacted copy from Baldwin County.

All 159 Georgia sheriffs, including Baldwin County's, are members of the Georgia Sheriffs' Association.

Baldwin County Record Fees

Fees for police blotter records from Baldwin County follow the state framework. Standard copies are up to 10 cents per page for letter or legal size. Certified copies add $2.00 per document. The first 15 minutes of staff search time is free. After that, Baldwin County bills at the rate of the lowest-paid employee capable of filling the request. The DPS fee schedule page has more detail on what state and local agencies in Georgia can charge.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Baldwin County. If the police blotter record you need might have been handled by a neighboring agency, contact that county's sheriff's office as well.