Arrest Records in Brown County
Brown County arrest records begin with the office whose officer made the arrest. The Brown County Sheriff, Green Bay Police, De Pere Police, Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Hobart-Lawrence Police, Wrightstown Police, Pulaski Police, Oneida Police, UW-Green Bay Police, Wisconsin State Patrol, and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources may each create an investigative report. That report stays with its own records custodian. Brown County has no single countywide pool of police narratives.
If a person is confined, the Brown County Jail creates a separate booking and custody record. A fingerprintable arrest may also reach the Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Information Bureau. If a prosecutor files a charge, the Brown County Clerk of Circuit Court maintains the case and final disposition. These files can describe one event, yet their purposes and dates differ. The sequence is: arresting-agency report → jail booking when confined → prosecutor review → circuit case when filed → court disposition.
Search Brown County Jail Records
The free Brown County inmate lookup is the direct official source for current or former county custody. Search by first and last name, add a date of birth when useful, and select “Include released inmates” after a short stay or quick release. A unique-identifier search accepts a booking number, permanent number, State ID, County ID, FBI number, or ICE number. The lookup does not require an account.
Brown County’s jail lookup information page shows where residents reach that tool.
The screen is an inmate locator, not a complete Brown County arrest history. It establishes that a custody entry may exist, but it does not establish guilt, show every releasable police narrative, or provide the court’s final result.
Brown County Arrest Lookups
Use several official channels because no single Brown County arrest search answers every question. Start with custody when the event is recent. Move to the arresting agency for the incident narrative, then to the court or state repository for what happened later. If an online result is missing, the jail telephone, records counter, and clerk remain useful fallbacks.
- Search the Brown County jail by name and date of birth. Check “Include released inmates,” or use one of the six accepted identifiers. Call the jail at 920-391-6800 or ask at its Curry Lane lobby if the person is absent.
- Request the report from the arresting agency. For a Brown County Sheriff arrest, use JustFOIA, call Records at 920-448-4200, or send or take the request to 2684 Development Drive.
- Search Wisconsin Circuit Court Access and contact the Brown County Clerk of Circuit Court for filed charges, the case docket, and the outcome. A court search may also reveal a case-linked arrest trail.
- Submit a name-based request through the Wisconsin Department of Justice Online Record Check System for statewide repository data. For review of your own identity record or an authorized fingerprint-supported route, follow Crime Information Bureau instructions.
- If the event is not online, make a Wisconsin Public Records Law request to the correct police custodian. Use the Wisconsin DOC person locator when the person has moved from local custody to state prison.
Note: A WCCA result, jail hit, and DOJ response may differ because each system receives different records at different points in the case.
Request Brown County Arrest Reports
Sheriff investigative records are available through the Brown County JustFOIA portal, in person, or by mail. Describe the event, date range, location, people involved, and any incident number precisely enough to find the file. Wisconsin law generally does not require a requester to state an identity or purpose, though protected motor-vehicle data can require a DPPA permissible-use form or the subject’s signed authorization. Juvenile, victim-sensitive, health, and active-investigation material may be withheld or redacted.
The Brown County Sheriff says requests are handled in receipt order and may take up to ten business days. That is Brown County’s processing statement, not a universal statutory deadline. Avoid duplicate submissions because they may produce duplicate responses and fees. Current reproduction, location, media, and postage charges should be confirmed with Records.
The official Brown County Sheriff records request page provides the online entry point.
This channel supplies releasable investigative material. It does not replace the circuit clerk’s record of the filed charge or disposition.
Brown County Sheriff Records
2684 Development Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311
Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
920-448-4200
Fax: 920-448-4206
Arrest Records: What They Contain
A Brown County arrest report can contain more detail than the verified public jail search displays. The arresting agency may hold the event narrative, alleged statutes, officer and report numbers, property entries, and warrant or case references. The jail record focuses on identity and custody. Public release depends on the record, current investigation status, and applicable privacy rules.
Read each field in context. A listed “charge” in a Brown County booking file reflects the basis supplied at that stage, while the prosecutor decides what allegation, if any, enters the circuit case. Bond data describes release conditions at a point in time. A release entry states that local custody ended, not why the court case ended. The verified jail interface establishes its search inputs, but Brown County has not published a complete promise that every possible detail field will appear on every public result.
| Identity | Name and aliases may appear in agency files; the jail search accepts name and date of birth. |
|---|---|
| Event Details | Date, time, place, arresting agency, officer, and incident or report number may identify the arrest event. |
| Booking Identifiers | The jail interface can use booking, permanent, State ID, County ID, FBI, or ICE numbers. |
| Allegations | An arrest report may cite alleged statutes. Jail charges can differ from charges later filed by the prosecutor. |
| Custody and Release | Booking time, custody status, release information, property, and bond may appear when releasable. |
| Photo and Fingerprints | Booking may create a photograph and fingerprints, but release is record-specific. No public field should be assumed without verification. |
| Court References | Warrant or case numbers may connect the report to WCCA and the circuit clerk’s later file. |
Who Holds Brown County Reports?
Ask the agency that made the arrest. Green Bay Police accepts records requests at 307 South Adams Street, through its main line at 920-448-3200, by telephone through Records at 920-448-3329, and by email at RecordRequest@greenbaywi.gov. Walk-in hours are weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The current city process says email delivery is free, paper is $0.25 per page, media charges vary, and prepayment is generally required above $5.
The Green Bay Police records request page is the official city channel.
For De Pere, contact Police Administrative Services at 325 South Broadway, call Police at 920-339-4078 or Records at 920-339-4080, fax 920-339-4082, email dppdrecords@deperewi.gov, or use the city’s police-records form. The counter is open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Howard has no stand-alone village police custodian. Its three directed-enforcement deputies work for the Brown County Sheriff, so their arrest reports route to Brown County Sheriff Records and bookings route to the Brown County jail.
The De Pere records and forms page documents its local request path.
Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Hobart-Lawrence Police, Wrightstown Police, Pulaski Police, Oneida Police, UW-Green Bay Police, State Patrol, and DNR each retain their own reports. A sheriff request cannot supply those agencies’ narratives.
Brown County Arrest Case Timeline
After a Brown County arrest, a booking allegation can change before it becomes a court charge. The officer supplies the arrest basis, then the prosecutor reviews the available facts and decides whether and what to file. Under Wisconsin Statute section 970.01, an arrested person must be brought before a judge for an initial appearance without unreasonable delay. Wisconsin does not use a fixed generic 24-hour or 48-hour magistration script for every case.
A felony case may later include a preliminary examination or waiver, an information, and arraignment. The jail entry remains a custody record even if the filed counts differ. The circuit docket is the better source for later hearings and outcomes, while the arresting agency still holds its own report. This split explains why a Brown County booking record and a court case can legitimately show different wording.
Recent Brown County Bookings
Use the Brown County jail lookup for a recent booking, and select the released-inmate option when the person may have left custody. Search by a known unique identifier to reduce name-match errors. If no result appears, call the jail because a missing online result proves neither that no arrest occurred nor that a person is not held elsewhere. Brown County has at times boarded people in nearby counties, so the jail is the safest source for current physical location.
The jail holds local and pretrial custody, while the Wisconsin DOC person and client search covers sentenced state custody. Those systems should not be treated as one continuous roster. Personal mail is now scanned through the jail’s off-site process, a change that began in October 2025, but licensed attorney legal mail still goes to Curry Lane. That operational change does not alter where the arrest report or court record is kept.
Note: No official Brown County sheriff app was verified for bookings, warrants, requests, most-wanted records, or registry searches.
Crash-Related Brown County Records
A traffic arrest or citation can generate a crash record that follows another access route. Brown County Sheriff reports commonly become available within three to five business days through CrashDocs. Search with the incident number or driver information and use agency ORI WI0050000. A crash report is not a complete arrest file, so request the investigative narrative from Sheriff Records when more releasable material is needed.
The official Brown County CrashDocs search demonstrates that separate route.
Green Bay uses separate crash channels, including LexisNexis BuyCrash for directly involved parties and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation portal for reportable crashes. De Pere provides reportable and non-reportable accident forms through Police Administrative Services. Always match the portal to the agency that handled the event.
Arrest Records vs Conviction Records
An arrest records an officer’s action and an allegation. It does not prove that the prosecutor filed the same charge or any charge. Wisconsin law requires an initial appearance without unreasonable delay, but filed allegations may change after review. Consult the Brown County court case lookup for the docket, filed counts, and disposition that follow an arrest.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by the arresting agency and, after confinement, the jail | Created through the Wisconsin Circuit Court after a guilty finding or plea |
| Shows that an arrest or booking event was recorded | Shows the court’s adjudication and sentence |
| Lives with the police custodian and jail; fingerprint data may reach CIB | Lives with the circuit clerk and may be reported to the DOJ repository |
| May be followed by release, no filed charge, dismissal, acquittal, or conviction | May be followed by sentence completion, appeal, or limited Wisconsin expungement when ordered at sentencing |
Note: Name matches can be wrong, and an unmatched disposition may make a repository response look less complete than the court file.