Yolo County Police Blotter

Yolo County sits west of Sacramento with about 220,000 residents. The county seat is Woodland. The sheriff's office provides law enforcement and operates the main jail facility. Police blotter information from Yolo County is available through the booking statistics page on the sheriff's website. This page shows data about recent bookings and arrests. You can also call the jail directly to check if someone is in custody. Cities like Davis and West Sacramento contribute arrests to the Yolo County jail system. All local law enforcement agencies book arrestees into the same facility in Woodland.

Yolo County Booking Information

The Yolo County Sheriff publishes booking statistics online. This page shows aggregate data about jail bookings. It provides an overview of arrest activity in Yolo County. You can see trends and patterns in the police blotter information.

Find the statistics at Yolo County Booking Statistics. The page shows monthly and yearly booking numbers. It breaks down arrests by type and location. This gives you a big picture view of law enforcement activity in Yolo County.

For specific inmate information, call the jail. The main jail number is 530-668-JAIL. Staff can search for individuals by name. They tell you if someone is currently in custody. Basic booking details are provided over the phone. This is the primary way to find current Yolo County police blotter information for specific people.

California law requires public access to arrest information under Government Code 7923.600. This includes names, descriptions, booking times, locations, and charges. Yolo County follows these rules by responding to phone inquiries and formal records requests.

Yolo County Sheriff's Office

The sheriff's office is located in Woodland. This agency provides law enforcement across most of Yolo County. Deputies patrol unincorporated areas and some contract cities. They respond to calls throughout the county. The sheriff also operates the main jail facility.

The Leinberger Detention Facility is at 140 Tony Diaz Drive in Woodland. All arrests in Yolo County get processed here. Booking happens 24 hours a day. Staff handle intake for every arrest. They create the records that make up the Yolo County police blotter.

Police Departments in Yolo County

Davis is home to UC Davis and has about 69,000 residents. The Davis Police Department handles law enforcement within city limits. People arrested by Davis Police get booked into the Yolo County Jail. Their records become part of the county police blotter system.

West Sacramento also has its own police department. This city of 54,000 sits across the river from Sacramento. West Sacramento Police arrests go through the Yolo County Jail for booking. The city of Woodland has a police department as well. Woodland is the county seat with about 60,000 people.

Smaller cities like Winters rely on either their own small police forces or contract with the sheriff. Regardless of which agency makes the arrest, all bookings in Yolo County happen at the same jail facility in Woodland. This creates a unified system for tracking arrests across the entire county.

How to Get Arrest Records

For current custody status, call the jail at 530-668-5245. Staff can search for inmates by name. They provide basic information over the phone. This is the quickest way to find out if someone is in Yolo County custody right now.

For detailed arrest reports, submit a California Public Records Act request. Send your request to the sheriff's office or the police department that made the arrest. Include the person's name and date if you know it. There may be fees for copying documents. Processing time varies based on the request.

The booking statistics page gives general information about arrest trends. It does not list individual names. Use it to understand overall patterns in Yolo County. For specific arrest records, you need to call or submit a formal request.

Note: Arrest records are public but do not prove guilt or show final case outcomes.

Nearby California Counties

Yolo County borders Sacramento County and several other Northern California counties.