Find Pooler Booking Releases

Pooler booking releases are processed through the Chatham County Sheriff's Office, which runs the county detention center and stores all booking data for the area. Pooler has about 31,171 residents and is one of the fastest-growing cities in Chatham County. The Pooler Police Department handles arrests within city limits, but all booking and release records are created at the county level once the person reaches the Chatham County jail.

Chatham County Handles Pooler Booking Releases

Georgia cities do not operate their own jails for holding inmates. When Pooler police make an arrest, they transport the person to the Chatham County Detention Center in Savannah. The county sheriff's staff takes over from there. They create the booking record, log the charges, take a booking photo, and process the person into the facility. All booking release records for Pooler arrests are kept by Chatham County.

Under O.C.G.A. § 42-4-7, the sheriff must maintain a record of every person held in the county jail. The record covers the inmate's name, booking date, charges, and release information. Chatham County follows this law for every arrest from Pooler, Savannah, and all other cities in the county. The jail management system holds records going back many years.

For full details on Chatham County booking releases, see the county page.

Pooler Police Department

The Pooler Police Department is at 100 SW Hwy 80, Pooler, GA 31322. You can reach them at (912) 748-7333. The department patrols the city and responds to calls in the Pooler area, which has seen rapid growth in the past two decades. With new retail centers and residential developments, the department stays busy.

When Pooler officers arrest someone, the person is taken to the Chatham County Detention Center. That drive goes into Savannah, about 12 miles east. Once at the detention center, county staff handle everything related to the booking. They log the arrest, note that Pooler PD was the arresting agency, and enter the charges. The booking release record is a county document from that point forward.

If you need an arrest report from the Pooler side, contact their records division at the number above. Arrest reports and booking release records are different documents from different agencies. The arrest report covers the police side of things. The booking release covers the jail side. You may need both depending on what you are looking for.

How to Find Pooler Booking Releases

Start with the Chatham County Sheriff's website. The county may offer an online inmate search that shows current and recent bookings. You can search by name to check if someone is in custody, see their charges, and find out if they have been released. These tools are free and run all day.

When the online tool does not show what you need, file an open records request under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70. Georgia's Open Records Act gives everyone the right to request public records. Booking release data is public in Georgia. The county has three business days to respond. Copies are $0.10 per page. Send a written request with the person's full name and any other details you have.

There is no special form for this. A letter or email works fine. You do not need to explain your reason for wanting the records. If the county denies your request, they must cite the legal exemption that applies. You can challenge any denial you think is wrong. Under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71, certain procedures apply to how agencies handle these requests.

What Booking Releases Show

A booking release record from the Chatham County jail includes the person's full name, date of birth, and physical description. It lists the booking date and time, all charges, the arresting agency, and warrant numbers if applicable. For Pooler arrests, the arresting agency will be listed as Pooler PD or Pooler Police Department. The bond amount and court assignment also appear.

Release details get added when the person leaves the jail. The record shows the date of release and how they got out. That could be through bond, time served, a transfer, or charges being dropped. Georgia law at O.C.G.A. § 35-1-18 covers booking photographs and sets limits on how they can be shared publicly.

Some records may be restricted under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72, which lists exemptions to the Open Records Act. Active investigations and sealed court cases are the most common reasons for restrictions. But in most cases, booking release records from Chatham County are fully available to anyone who asks.

Statewide Booking Release Resources

If someone arrested in Pooler later went to state prison, look them up through the Georgia Department of Corrections. The GDC offender search shows current state inmates with their facility, sentence, and projected release date.

The GDC offender query tool lets you search for inmates who have been transferred from county jails to state prisons.

Search results show the inmate's current location in the state system and their projected release date.

Sign up for VINE alerts to get notified when an inmate at the Chatham County jail is released or transferred. The service is free and covers every Georgia jail. For state-level requests, use the GDC Open Records portal or the GBI Open Records portal to submit records requests that go beyond a single county.

Nearby Cities

These nearby cities also route their bookings through county jails. Check the right page if the arrest happened in another area.