Berrien County Sheriff's Office
County agency in Berrien County. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- 11,160 (FBI figure, 2025)
- Counties
- Berrien County
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since October 2019.
- Months sent in 2025
- 12 of 12
- FBI agency code
- GA0100000
Source: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.
After an arrest
- Who decides release first
The jail can release a person on a bail schedule that a court of inquiry, usually the county's magistrate court, adopted by written order, with no hearing. Otherwise a magistrate sets bail. Murder, rape, armed robbery, and other charges listed in O.C.G.A. 17-6-1(a) can be bailed only by a superior court judge, and a judge must set bail one case at a time in family violence cases.
O.C.G.A. 17-6-1Ga. S.B. 63 (2024), as passed- Time to see a judge
A person arrested without a warrant must be taken before a judicial officer within 48 hours or released. A person arrested on a warrant must see a judge within 72 hours.
O.C.G.A. 17-4-62
Crime and arrests
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