Kalamazoo 72 Hour Booking Search
Kalamazoo 72 hour booking records are held by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff at the jail on Lamont Avenue. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety makes arrests in the city, but all bookings go through the county jail. Kalamazoo County offers multiple ways to search for recent bookings online, including an inmate search tool on the county site and a separate inmate inquiry system. You can also file a FOIA request through the county's dedicated FOIA page to get copies of booking records from past arrests.
Kalamazoo Booking Overview
Kalamazoo DPS and 72 Hour Booking
The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is at 150 East Crosstown Parkway. Call 269-337-8994 for non-emergency matters. Unlike most Michigan cities that have separate police and fire departments, Kalamazoo runs a combined Department of Public Safety. Officers handle law enforcement, fire, and emergency services. When someone gets arrested, they go to the Kalamazoo County Jail at 1500 Lamont Avenue for booking.
The Kalamazoo County Sheriff runs the jail. Call 269-488-8911 for jail questions and inmate info. During intake, staff create the 72 hour booking record by logging the person's name, date of birth, charges, bond amount, and booking time. The booking record stays with the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office. The arrest report stays with the Kalamazoo DPS. These are two separate records held by two separate agencies. If you need both, you will have to contact each one.
The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office main website has links to jail services, contact details, and inmate search tools.
Visit the sheriff's site for current jail policies and contact numbers.
Search Kalamazoo 72 Hour Booking Online
Kalamazoo County has one of the better online search systems in Michigan. The county runs an inmate search tool at kalcounty.gov/1215/Inmate-Search. You can look up anyone currently held at the Kalamazoo County Jail by name. Results show charges, bond info, and booking details. The tool is free and does not need an account.
The Kalamazoo County inmate search page is shown here. Search by name to find people recently booked in from Kalamazoo.
Results include current charges and booking information for all inmates at the county jail.
There is also a separate inmate inquiry system at cad.kccda911.org. This tool pulls from the county's dispatch system and may show slightly different data or formatting than the main county site. Both tools cover the same jail. Use whichever works best for your search.
The Kalamazoo County inmate inquiry system provides another way to check on recent bookings in the county.
This inquiry tool is tied to the county dispatch system and shows current jail population data.
Note: Kalamazoo County runs two separate inmate search systems that both show current jail booking data.
Kalamazoo 72 Hour Booking FOIA Requests
The Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL § 15.231, gives you the right to request booking records from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff. Kalamazoo County has a dedicated FOIA page at kalcounty.gov/1141/Freedom-of-Information-Act. You can submit requests through this page. Include the person's name and date of arrest. Under MCL § 15.233, you do not need to state why you want the records.
The Kalamazoo County FOIA page is shown below. Use it to submit requests for booking records and other public documents from the sheriff's office.
This page explains the FOIA process and provides forms for submitting your request to Kalamazoo County.
The sheriff has five business days to respond under MCL § 15.235. Fees run $0.10 to $0.25 per page for copies, plus labor costs under MCL § 15.234. If your request totals over $50, the sheriff can ask for a deposit first. People who can't afford it get the first $20 waived, up to two times per year. All official records are public property under MCL § 750.491, and refusing to hand them over without a valid exemption is a misdemeanor under MCL § 750.492.
Kalamazoo Booking Records and State Tools
VineLink covers Kalamazoo County for free victim notification searches. You can look up anyone in custody by name and register for alerts if they get released or moved. Call Michigan VINE at 800-770-7657 for phone searches any time. The Michigan Courts Case Search shows court cases tied to a Kalamazoo booking, including charges filed and hearing dates.
For criminal history checks, the ICHAT system from the Michigan State Police runs $10 per search. ICHAT pulls arrests from across the state where fingerprints were taken. If someone sentenced after a Kalamazoo booking moves to state prison, OTIS from the Michigan Department of Corrections tracks them. But the original 72 hour booking record stays with the Kalamazoo County Sheriff no matter what happens later in the case.
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety and 72 Hour Booking
The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety at 150 E Crosstown Pkwy is not a typical police department. It combines police, fire, and emergency services into one agency. Officers who respond to calls are cross-trained for both law enforcement and fire response. This setup means the same person who puts out a fire might also make an arrest later that shift. For non-emergency matters, call 269-337-8994.
When Kalamazoo DPS officers make an arrest, they do not book the person at their own building. All arrestees get transported to the Kalamazoo County Jail at 1500 Lamont Ave for intake. The county jail staff handle the fingerprinting, photos, and data entry that make up the 72 hour booking record. So while the arrest report comes from Kalamazoo DPS, the booking record itself belongs to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff. If you need both documents, you will have to file separate FOIA requests with each agency under MCL 15.231. The DPS keeps the arrest details. The sheriff keeps the booking data.
Nearby Michigan Cities
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