Search Spokane Booking Reports

Spokane booking reports cover arrests, jail intake records, and police case files written each day in the city. The Spokane Police Department keeps the local incident files, and Spokane County Detention Services keeps the live jail roster for any person taken into custody. You can search Spokane booking reports through the county inmate roster, or you can file a public records request with the city or with the regional 911 group. This page shows you each step, the contacts to use, and the laws that shape what gets released. Use the tool below to begin a quick lookup.

Spokane Police Booking Reports

The Spokane Police Department writes the case reports tied to each arrest in the city. Those reports are the source for any local Spokane booking record. The department's records office at 1100 W Mallon Avenue takes both online and walk in requests. Walk in hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Bring a photo ID for some types of files.

You can start a request at Spokane Police Reports. The page lays out how to ask for a copy of a police report, who to call, and which kinds of files cost a fee. The image below shows the page.

For quick non emergency tips, call Crime Check at 509-456-2233. For an emergency, dial 911. The department holds case files under RCW Chapter 42.56 and is required to reply within five business days.

The 911 dispatch group serving Spokane is a separate records keeper. Visit Spokane Regional 911 Records to ask for emergency calls, non emergency Crime Check audio, and dispatch tapes. The screenshot below shows that page.

SREC does not hold police reports, body camera footage, or CAD notes. Those still sit with the Spokane Police records office. For SREC requests, mail goes to ATTN: Records Custodian, SREC 911, 1620 N Rebecca, Spokane WA 99217, or email srecpublicrecords@srec911.org.

Spokane County Jail Booking Records

Anyone booked in the city goes to the Spokane County Jail at 1100 W. Mallon Avenue, the same campus as the police records office. The county also runs Geiger Corrections. Together the two facilities hold more than 700 inmates on a normal day. The jail is the place to find a Spokane booking record while a person is still in custody.

The county runs an online inmate roster where you can search by last name. First name is optional. The roster shows the full name, booking date, current charges, bond, next court date, and the facility where the person is held.

Under RCW 70.48.100, the full jail register is held in confidence. Only certain fields are public. You can call the Jail Information Line at (509) 477-2278 around the clock for an automated update.

Specific inmate details may need a signed waiver or a court order. The state Criminal Records Privacy Act under Chapter 10.97 RCW sets the rules for what data leaves the building.

Spokane Booking Reports Fees

The Spokane Police Records Office charges the standard state fees. Paper copies are $0.15 per page. Scans are $0.10 per page. Electronic file batches are $0.05 per four files. Some types of records are free. Victims of crime often pay nothing for their own incident reports. For larger requests the office may ask for a deposit before pulling records.

Spokane County Detention Services follows the same fee chart. Note: most Spokane booking photos are not released to the public, so plan your request around the data fields the law says are open.

How Spokane Booking Reports Work

A Spokane booking starts at jail intake. The desk records the name, the time, and the charges from the arresting officer. The booking number is set right then. From that point on, the county jail register holds the live data while the person is in custody. The Spokane Police case report tracks the same arrest from the field side, and it lives with the police records office.

For a current Spokane booking, use the county roster. For an older case, file a request with the police records office or with the county sheriff. Both routes pull from the same arrest, but each has its own kind of file.

The Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney decides the final charges once the case reaches court. The Spokane County Superior Court keeps the file from there. A booking report and a court file are not the same thing, but they share the same case number.

Records Beyond Spokane Police

Some Spokane area arrests are made by other agencies. The Spokane County Sheriff handles unincorporated calls. The Washington State Patrol covers I-90 and other state routes through the city. Federal arrests in Spokane move to the U.S. Marshals Service. Each agency keeps its own booking files.

For a name based criminal history, the state runs the WATCH system at watch.wsp.wa.gov. WATCH costs $11 per name and returns conviction data only. It is the broadest legal way to find an arrest record without a court order.

Court files for a Spokane booking sit with the Spokane County Superior Court. Use that directory for the right clerk and phone.

County Office for Spokane Records

Spokane sits inside Spokane County, and most jail and court records for Spokane bookings flow through county offices. The Spokane County Public Records Office is at 1116 W Broadway Ave, ATTN: Public Records Office, Spokane, WA 99260. Email goes to spocoprr@spokanecounty.org.

The records office handles requests for the sheriff, the jail, and other county departments. For in person record requests tied to the jail, go to the Spokane County Jail Records office at 1100 W. Mallon Avenue.

More on Spokane Spokane County Booking Reports

Spokane Booking Reports come from the Spokane Police Department and the Spokane County Jail at 1100 W Mallon Avenue. The Spokane Police office sits at 1100 W Mallon Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260 and the public line is 509-456-2233. Staff there can point you to the right form for an arrest record or jail roster check. The Spokane County jail handles long term custody for most Spokane cases, and the county seat in Spokane is where most court files end up. Use Spokane Police Reports for the main records contact, and start a search by name or case number when you have one in hand.

Most Spokane arrest records come out of two systems. The first is the city police case file, written at the scene. The second is the jail intake record, made when the person walks into custody. Both files tie to the same booking number. Police records show the field side. The jail roster shows the live in custody side. To get a full picture, check both. Note: ask for the case number first, since it speeds up every later step.

Court hearings tied to a Spokane arrest often start at Spokane Municipal Court at 1100 W Mallon Avenue. The clerk there holds the docket, the bail data, and the next court date. For felony cases, the file moves up to the Spokane County Superior Court. Jail records are kept in confidence under RCW 70.48.100, so only the small set of fields named in the law gets released to the public.

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