Who Got Booked Into the Benton County Washington Jail? Website Shows You
You Can Search The Current Benton County Washington Jail List Anytime
I don't know about you as a kid but my parents always had the police scanner going on in the background.
You could hear it chirp and crackle all night long until a name would come across the airwaves. My parents would say I know them or they'd say they didn't know them.
Here Is A Database That Shows All The Bookings At The Benton County Jail
As a kid, I hoped my name would never come across the scanner. As an adult, I realize that things aren't always black and white and people get arrested for a variety of reasons.
The old police scanner has been replaced by technology these days and now there's a website where you can see all the names of arrests and bookings in Benton County.
The website is very comprehensive in its information and it's all public record.
Here's the law when it comes to public jail records:
Jail register, open to the public—Records confidential—Exception.
(1) A department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer responsible for the operation of a jail shall maintain a jail register, open to the public, into which shall be entered in a timely basis: