Find Booking Records in Ketchikan

Ketchikan 24 Hour Booking records cover people taken into custody in the city of Ketchikan and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough within the past day. Ketchikan Police no longer post a public arrest log online. To find recent Ketchikan arrests you can use the Alaska Court System Criminal Charges Filed page, the Ketchikan PD records counter, the trooper Daily Dispatch, the Ketchikan Correctional Center, and the VINE inmate locator. This page maps each tool and shows how to obtain a Ketchikan booking record from the right agency.

Ketchikan Police Department

The Ketchikan Police Department sits at 361 Main Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901. The phone is (907) 225-6631. KPD covers all calls inside the city limits. The department runs on a budget of about $6.1 million and answers around 15,000 calls per year. KPD is the main local source for Ketchikan 24 Hour Booking data, but the department changed its public posting policy a few years back.

The official KPD note reads: "The Ketchikan Police Department no longer lists criminal arrests. Anyone seeking this information can follow the provided link: Criminal Charges Filed (alaska.gov)." That means the public arrest log moved off the city site. Ketchikan Police still publish press releases for major incidents. The full archive of past press releases sits on the city site dating back several years.

You can still walk in to the records counter at 361 Main Street to request recent arrest logs or incident reports during posted weekday hours. The records office handles paper requests for police narratives, dispatch logs, and mug shots. Bring photo ID and the date of the incident.

Ketchikan Press Releases

Below is the Ketchikan Police press release page. The City of Ketchikan keeps the active press archive at ketchikan.gov.

Press releases cover homicides, drug busts, fatal crashes, and major arrests. Routine misdemeanor bookings do not show up here. Use the court charges page for those.

Court System Charges Filed

The Alaska Court System Criminal Charges Filed list is the main public substitute for the old KPD arrest log. The list lives on the state site at alaska.gov. The page updates each day at 9:00 PM with charges filed statewide. Users must scroll down for Ketchikan specific entries. Each entry shows the defendant name, the charges, the court date, and the case number.

Below is the Alaska Court System Criminal Charges Filed page. The State of Alaska keeps the daily list at alaska.gov.

This page is the simplest free way to confirm a fresh Ketchikan booking through the court file. Charges show up after the trooper or police arrest hits the court intake.

For full case detail use the Alaska CourtView portal. Ketchikan cases run through the Ketchikan trial court. Case numbers start with 1KE. CourtView shows case type, charges, hearing dates, docket entries, and bail. Search by name or by case number.

Ketchikan Correctional Center

The Ketchikan Correctional Center sits at 3050 5th Avenue, Ketchikan, AK 99901. The phone is (907) 225-6651. KCC is the primary detention facility for the Ketchikan area. It is run by the Alaska Department of Corrections. KCC books both pretrial holds and short term sentenced inmates.

Booking records at KCC include the charges at booking, the bail amount, the housing unit, and the next court date. Standard intake covers fingerprinting, photographing, and personal information collection. The data flows to the VINE alert system within hours. You can run a name search on vinelink.com to confirm a fresh booking.

Note that the address listed in some sources is 4520 Tongass Avenue with phone (907) 225-6585. Both numbers reach DOC staff for the Ketchikan area. The state has used both addresses at various times. Call ahead to confirm before any in person visit.

Ketchikan Booking Intake Process

At Ketchikan Correctional Center the intake runs like any state DOC facility. The officer brings the person in. Staff takes a booking photo. Fingerprints are collected. The intake form captures full name, date of birth, charges, arresting agency, and bail amount. A booking number is assigned. Personal items go into a property bag and get logged.

Ketchikan CC books people from both the city police and the troopers. The arresting agency field on the booking record shows which one made the stop. KPD handles most in-town cases. The troopers handle the rest of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough plus more remote parts of Southeast Alaska. Either way the booking takes place at the same facility on 5th Avenue.

Trooper Post in Ketchikan

The Alaska State Troopers Ketchikan Post serves as the hub for Southeast Alaska. The post sits at 3050 5th Avenue with the same phone of (907) 225-6651. Troopers cover unincorporated areas of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, plus Prince of Wales Island and parts of the outer coast. Trooper arrests show up on the Alaska State Troopers Daily Dispatch.

Each Daily Dispatch entry lists the date, time, charge, place of arrest, and the remand site. For Ketchikan arrests the remand line often reads Ketchikan Correctional Center. Coordination between troopers and Ketchikan PD is close. Either agency may handle a call depending on the boundary.

Trooper records requests run through the DPS public records portal. Include the date, the location, and the names of the parties. Track the request with the number and security key the portal returns.

VINE for Ketchikan

The Alaska VINE system tracks Ketchikan inmates in custody. Call 1-800-247-9763 or go to vinelink.com. Search by name, by date of birth, or by inmate ID. The service is free and runs 24 hours a day. The TTY line is 1-866-847-1298.

Sign up for free alerts. Set a four-digit PIN. VINE will call or email when the person is moved, released, or sent to court. Alerts run 30 days before a planned release. The service is fully confidential. The inmate is never told you signed up.

VINE is the only public tool that tracks inmates across every Alaska state jail. Use it to confirm that a Ketchikan booking is still active or to follow a transfer to Lemon Creek in Juneau.

Records Requests in Ketchikan

To get a full Ketchikan police report, file a public records request with the KPD records office at 361 Main Street. Most requests get a reply within 10 working days under the Alaska Public Records Act, codified at AS 40.25.110. The first 5 person hours of staff search time are free. After that the agency may charge for the actual cost of the search.

The full law is laid out in the Alaska Department of Law APRA guide. Some records can be held back. Under AS 40.25.120 the agency may deny release if the case is open or if release would invade personal privacy. Victim contact info in sex assault cases is always closed under AS 12.61.140. Juvenile records are closed.

For statewide background checks use the DPS background check portal. A name based check costs $20. A fingerprint based check costs $35.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough Resources

Ketchikan sits in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough. For full borough wide booking and court info visit the Ketchikan Gateway Borough 24 Hour Booking page. The borough page covers KPD, the trooper post, the Ketchikan trial court, and KCC.

Nearby Southeast Alaska Pages

Other Southeast Alaska communities share trooper coverage and Lemon Creek for long term holds.