Germantown Arrests and Mugshots

Perform a free Germantown Tennessee arrest records search, including mugshots, jail roster, recent arrests, and active booking logs.

The Germantown Police Department is a law enforcement agency located in Tennessee. The department is composed of 4 divisions: police services, uniform patrol, investigations, and communications.

The police services division is responsible for coordinating community events, training law enforcement personnel, overseeing the communications center and the jail, organizing the Reserve Officer Program and the Citizen Police Academy, recruitment services, and the neighborhood watch program.

The uniform patrol division provides policing the city 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These officers are responsible for enforcing laws and ordinances, and providing traffic supervision. The uniform patrol division also has the SWAT team and K9 unit.

The criminal investigations division is responsible for conducting follow-up investigations of all criminal activity reported to the department. Detectives within the division identify and apprehend the offenders, collect evidence, prepare assigned cases for prosecution in court and present cases to the Grand Jury. The division investigates crimes ranging from simple vandalism to homicide.

The communications division is responsible for dispatching all police, fire, and emergency medical service calls for the city. The dispatchers also perform jail duties which include processing inmates, maintaining jail records, and ensuring inmate security and safety. The jail is a 72 hour holding facility.

The overall crime rate in Germantown is 46% lower than the national average. The violent crime rate is 76% lower than the national average. The residents of Germantown have a 1 in 75 chance of becoming a victim of a crime. Germantown is statistically safer than 69% of all cities in the United States, and safer than 76% of all cities in the state of Tennessee.

The annual crime rate in Germantown per 100,000 people was 1,349 in the year 2019. Of the 1,349 crimes committed, there were approximately 20.4 rapes, 12.8 robberies, 58.8 assaults, 112.5 burglaries, 1,078.5 thefts and 66.5 vehicle thefts. The annual crime rate has decreased by 17%. Germantown is rated “A” for public safety.

Richard Hall, Chief of Police
Phone: 901-757-7300

Germantown Police Department
1930 South Germantown Road
Germantown, TN 38138
Phone: 901-754-7222

Population Served: 40,000
Number of Officers: 80

Germantown, Tennessee Information

Germantown is located in south central Tennessee, in Shelby County. The county seat of Shelby County is Memphis. Germantown covers a total of 20.01 square miles and has a population of 39,193 and is a suburb of Memphis. The city was incorporated in 1841. There are currently 11 registered sex offenders currently residing in the city.

Germantown operated with a Board of Mayor and Aldermen as their form of government. The current mayor is Mike Palazzolo. Palazzolo was first elected as an alderman in 2004. He was elected as mayor in 2014, and re-elected in 2018. His term expires in 2022.

Contact the Mayor:

Mike Palazzolo
Phone: 901-757-7252
Email: [email protected]

Record Requests and Mugshots in Germantown, Tennessee

Public records are available through the Germantown City Clerk’s Office. The public records request form is available to be downloaded on the Germantown website. Record requests must be submitted in person or by email. Proof of Tennessee residency is required when submitting a request.

Email: [email protected]

Police records are available through the Germantown Police Department’s records unit. Record requests can be submitted in person or by email.

Email: [email protected]

All persons arrested by the Germantown Police Department are held at the city jail for 72 hours, and then transferred to the Shelby County Jail. Inmate records and mugshots can be obtained by the communications division or the Shelby County Jail. The jail updates their inmate roster every hour. A full list of inmates is not available. The public can search for an inmate using their first and last name or booking number. For more information, call 901-754-7222.

County Sheriff, Warrant, Most Wanted Information in Germantown, Tennessee

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is a law enforcement agency located in Memphis, Tennessee. The Office is responsible for providing law enforcement, overseeing the County Jail, securing the courts and serving warrants and civil processes papers.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office offers a public warrant search. Anyone can search for an individual’s warrant as long as they have their first and last name.

There is no most wanted list released by the Sheriff’s Office at this time.

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office
201 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone: 901-222-5500