Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Bent County, Colorado, has about 5,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Bent County depends on where the incident happened: the Bent County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Colorado Open Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, cities, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Bent County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Bent County that is the Bent County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
Reports from the Bent County Sheriff's Office
The Bent County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 15 violent and 104 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 178 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at bentsheriff.gov (page title: HOME -), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Cities in Bent County
The FBI lists no city in Bent County with a reporting agency of its own.
The one city in the county is Las Animas.
How Many Reports: Bent County in 2025
The one agency in Bent County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 15 violent and 104 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
The Bent County Sheriff's Office reported 178 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Colorado Open Records Act Requires
The Colorado Open Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances, at a charge of research and retrieval time after the first hour, plus copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Bent County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Bent County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Colorado Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances.
How long does an agency in Bent County have to answer?
Under the Colorado Open Records Act, within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances. It may charge research and retrieval time after the first hour, plus copying.
How do I get a report from the Bent County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Colorado Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances.
Is this the official Bent 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.