Reply #22: You can get mugshots of anyone arrested from your Sheriff's Dept. [View All]

The public relations official will e-mail a mugshot of anyone arrested and processed upon request... that's precisely how all news sources get their mugshots, and I presume the Sheriffs will do the same for citizens who don't bother to claim to be with a news organization.

Try going to your local courthouse, pick a random name from the cases to be dealt with, maybe get fancy and find the court records clerk and ask for a case #, then lookup the contact number for the Sheriff's Department... call, and ask for a mugshot for the name you randomly picked. You'll be transferred to the PR official, who will-I'd be willing to bet-then proceed to send you the mugshot you asked for.

It's really not so terribly nefarious. It's Public Information who is being arrested, after all.