Kodiak 24 Hour Booking Records

Kodiak 24 Hour Booking records cover people held by Kodiak Police, Alaska State Troopers C Detachment, and the U.S. Coast Guard military police on the island. You can search recent Kodiak arrests through the police blotter, the trooper Daily Dispatch, and the state CourtView portal. This page maps each Kodiak booking source. It shows where the local jail roster lives, who to call for a records request, and how to find a person held in the Kodiak Police holding cells or moved off island to a state prison.

Kodiak Police 24 Hour Booking

The Kodiak Police Department is the main source for Kodiak 24 Hour Booking records inside the city. The department sits at 217 Lower Mill Bay Road. You can call the front desk at (907) 486-8000. About 16 sworn officers and detectives work the patrol and investigation side. Eight dispatchers staff the comm center. Animal control and parking fall under the same office.

Kodiak Police runs the largest detention facility on the island. The cells are set up as 14 day holding rooms. That makes Kodiak unusual. Most city jails in Alaska only hold a person for a few hours before transfer. In Kodiak, a 24 Hour Booking hold can stretch into a two week stay before the inmate ships off to a state facility on the mainland. The booking desk takes mugshots, prints, and personal property at intake.

The department keeps a current jail roster of all people held in the facility. Staff can confirm a name and booking date by phone. For a printed copy of the booking sheet you file a records request with the records clerk. The Kodiak Police Department also runs a public safety bulletin and alert page for mass notification.

Here is a lead-in to the Kodiak Police home page. The City of Kodiak posts the police department contact list and blotter at city.kodiak.ak.us/police.

The page lists the chief, the records contact, and the blotter link. Use it as your first stop for any Kodiak arrest record search.

Kodiak Police Blotter Search

The Kodiak Police Blotters page lists recent calls and arrests. The city updates the blotter on a regular schedule. Each entry shows the incident type, the location, and the result. You can scroll past entries to find a name or a date. Old blotter pages stay in the archive for review.

The blotter is the fastest free way to scan recent Kodiak bookings. It is not a full booking record. To get the booking sheet, the mugshot, or the full report, you need to file a request. The blotter still works well for a quick name check or to confirm an incident date before you pay a fee.

Below is the Kodiak Police blotter page. The City of Kodiak hosts the recent arrests log at city.kodiak.ak.us/police/page/police-blotters.

Note: The Kodiak blotter only covers city police calls. Trooper arrests on the rest of the island show up on the state Daily Dispatch.

Alaska State Troopers in Kodiak

The Alaska State Troopers C Detachment runs a post in Kodiak at 211 Bartel Avenue. The phone is (907) 486-4121. C Detachment covers Western Alaska, the Kodiak Island Borough, and the Aleutian chain. Six troopers and three dispatchers work the Kodiak post. The post commander runs all land searches in the borough. C Detachment also coordinates with Kodiak Police on joint cases.

Trooper arrests in the Kodiak area get posted to the Alaska State Troopers Daily Dispatch. The dispatch shows the case number, the time, the charge, and the remand spot. A typical Kodiak entry will list the Kodiak Police jail or a state DOC facility as the holding place. You can search the dispatch by date, by name, or by case number.

To file a records request with the troopers, use the DPS public portal. Include the date, the area, and the names of the people on the report. The Department of Public Safety has 10 working days to answer under AS 40.25.110. Some reports come back redacted to protect privacy or active cases.

Coast Guard Police on Base

Kodiak hosts the largest U.S. Coast Guard base in the country. Integrated Support Command Kodiak runs its own military police unit. Reach the base police at 487-5266 or 487-5555. They have full federal law enforcement authority on Coast Guard property. They also coordinate with Kodiak PD on access and any handoff to local court.

Records held by base police go through federal channels. A civilian booking on the base usually moves to the city jail or to state custody after the initial intake. For a base arrest record you file a federal Freedom of Information Act request with the Coast Guard, not with the city or the troopers.

Kodiak Inmate Lookup and CourtView

Kodiak does not have a long term state prison on the island. Once a 14 day hold runs out, most inmates move off island. The closest Alaska Department of Corrections facilities are the Anchorage Correctional Complex and the Wildwood Correctional Complex in Kenai. You can find a person in state custody by name on the Alaska VINE system. Call 1-800-247-9763 or visit vinelink.com. Service runs 24 hours a day and the line is free.

Once charges hit the court, the case shows up on CourtView. Kodiak cases use the prefix 3KO. A typical Kodiak case number reads 3KO-26-00123CR. CourtView covers superior and district court filings. It shows charges, hearings, and docket entries. Searches are free.

Note: Under AS 22.35.030, court records may come off the public site 60 days after a full acquittal or dismissal. Bookings still exist in police files, but the court entry may vanish from CourtView.

Background checks on Alaska adults run through the DPS Criminal Records and Identification Bureau. A name check costs $20 and a fingerprint check costs $35.

Kodiak Public Records Requests

Kodiak follows the Alaska Public Records Act. The law sits at AS 40.25.110. Agencies must answer in 10 working days. The Alaska Department of Law APRA guide walks through the process. A police records request to Kodiak PD should list the case number, the date, the type of incident, and the names involved. The records clerk can quote the fee before you pay.

Some records will not come out. Active investigations, juvenile files, victim names in sex assault cases, and confidential source data all stay closed. Sex assault victim names are sealed under AS 12.61.140. Juvenile delinquency cases stay sealed under AS 47.12.300.

You can file a sex offender lookup through the Alaska Sex Offender Registry. The site shows photos, addresses, and conviction data for registered offenders living in Kodiak. Registration is required under AS 12.63 for people convicted of qualifying offenses.

Kodiak Island Borough Records

Kodiak sits inside the Kodiak Island Borough. The borough covers all of Kodiak Island and the smaller islands around it. For borough wide arrest records and trooper coverage outside city limits, see the Kodiak Island Borough 24 Hour Booking page. The borough page lists all village contacts, the trooper post, and the regional court.

Nearby Alaska City Pages

Other Alaska cities with their own 24 Hour Booking pages are listed below. Most Kodiak inmates moving off island end up in one of these areas.