Privacy Policy
Our commitment
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) collects only the information needed to run this website and respond to you. This policy explains what we collect at sheriff.douglas.ga.us, how we use it, and what Georgia law requires us to share.
This policy covers this website only. It does not cover our social media pages, our mobile app, or other websites we link to. Each of those has its own privacy policy.
Information collected automatically
When you visit this site, our web server automatically records basic technical information. This happens on nearly every website. It includes:
- Your IP address (the internet address of your device or network)
- Your browser and device type
- The date and time of your visit
- The pages you view
- The website that referred you here, if any
We use this information to keep the site secure, fix problems, and understand which pages are most useful. We do not use it to build profiles of individual visitors. We do not sell it.
Information you choose to give us
We only collect personal information when you choose to send it to us. Our site has three forms:
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Form
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What it asks for
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Required?
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Contact Us
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Name, email, phone, address, and message
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Contact details help us reply
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Tips / Information
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Name, email, phone, address, and your tip
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No. You may submit a tip without any contact details
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Records request
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Your contact details and the records you want
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Yes, so we can deliver the records
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About anonymous tips. If you leave the contact fields blank, your tip will not include your name. Our server still records your IP address, as it does for every visit. If you need full anonymity, call the Tipline at 770-920-7139 or use a public computer.
Website forms are not monitored 24/7. In an emergency, call 911. For non-emergency dispatch, call 770-949-5656.
Public records notice
DCSO is a government agency. Under the Georgia Open Records Act (O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq.), information you send us, including form submissions and emails, may become a public record. Anyone may request public records.
Georgia law lets us withhold certain information from release. Examples include the identity of confidential sources, records of pending investigations, and personal details such as Social Security and financial account numbers. We review every request against these exemptions before releasing anything.
Please do not send sensitive personal information through this website unless we ask for it.
How we use and share information
We use the information you send us to:
- Respond to your question, comment, or concern
- Follow up on tips and support investigations
- Fulfill records requests
- Improve the website and our services
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We share it only when:
- Another law enforcement or criminal justice agency needs it for an official purpose
- The Georgia Open Records Act or another law requires it
- A court order or subpoena requires it
- It is needed to protect someone’s life or safety
Cookies and outside services
Cookies are small files a website saves in your browser. This site uses them to load pages correctly and remember basic settings. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Most of the site will still work.
Some parts of the site are provided by outside services, which may set their own cookies or collect technical information:- Google Fonts loads the text styles on the site
- Instagram displays our recent posts on the home page
- YouTube may display embedded videos
- PayPal processes donations to the SCOPE Division’s PACE program. DCSO does not see or store your payment card information.
These services follow their own privacy policies, not this one.
Links to other websites
Our site links to services run by other organizations, including the inmate search (jaildcga.com), the sex offender registry (iCrimeWatch), the Edovo inmate learning portal, our mobile app, and our social media pages. When you leave this site, this policy no longer applies. Please review the privacy policy of each site you visit.
Children
This site is meant for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through this website. If a parent believes their child has sent us personal information, please contact us.
Security
We use reasonable safeguards, including encrypted connections (HTTPS), to protect information sent through this site. No website is completely secure, so please do not send sensitive information online unless we ask for it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the website or the law changes. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.
Contact us
Questions about this policy can be sent to:
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office 8470Earl D. Lee Blvd. Douglasville, GA 30134
Main number: 770-942-2121
Last updated: October 20, 2026