Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Lamar County, Alabama, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lamar County Sheriff's Office and four city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Lamar County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Lamar County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lamar County
The Lamar County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lamar County. It reported 82 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists four cities in Lamar County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Vernon, 1,835 residents: 77 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sulligent, 1,816 residents: 43 arrests reported for 2025.
- Millport, 968 residents: 27 arrests reported for 2025.
- Detroit, 226 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lamar County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Detroit: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Vernon: 77 for 2025, 83 for 2024, 91 for 2023, 99 for 2022, 105 for 2021 and 66 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Sulligent: 43 for 2025, 34 for 2024, 41 for 2023, 44 for 2022, 54 for 2021 and 101 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Millport: 27 for 2025, 15 for 2024, 24 for 2022 and 17 for 2021; 2023 is missing months.
- Lamar County Sheriff's Office: 82 for 2024, 31 for 2023 and 19 for 2021; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,299 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,299 in 2025 against 1,284 in 2024, up 1.2 percent.
Through September 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 755 arrests, against 954 in the same months of 2025.
Lamar County Sheriff's Office reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lamar County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Lamar County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 61 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 100 beds, and it ran at 61 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lamar County
For Lamar County the place to look is the case index of the Lamar County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lamar.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 695-7193).
Statewide, Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription.
Alabama does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Lamar County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the agency must answer within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
- An arrest by the Lamar County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Vernon, Sulligent, Millport or Detroit: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lamar County Circuit Court, through the court records page at lamar.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 695-7193.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Lamar County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the six cities in Lamar County: Vernon, Sulligent, Millport and Detroit. Kennedy and Beaverton have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Lamar County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lamar County each year?
Detroit reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,299 between them.
Where are people arrested in Lamar County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lamar County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lamar County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Lamar County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Alabama Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Lamar County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lamar County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Lamar County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.