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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Cheyenne County, Colorado, has about 1,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office. 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 Cheyenne County District 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: Cheyenne County public records, Colorado arrest records, Colorado inmate search and Colorado criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Cheyenne County
The Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Cheyenne County. It reported 29 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office: 29 for 2025, 38 for 2024, 36 for 2023, 13 for 2020 and 13 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Through July 2026, Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office reported 26 arrests, against 11 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cheyenne County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Cheyenne 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office at co.cheyenne.co.us/departments/sheriff.html (page title: Sheriff's Office | Cheyenne County Colorado), 91 E 1st St N, Cheyenne Wells, CO 80810, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Colorado Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at cdoc.colorado.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Cheyenne County
For Cheyenne County the place to look is the case index of the Cheyenne County District Court, kept by the clerk of the combined court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at coloradojudicial.gov/location/cheyenne-county-courthouse (page title: Cheyenne County Courthouse | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone 719-767-5649, belongs to a lower court, not to the Cheyenne County District Court.
Colorado is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the state runs an online name-based criminal history check open to the public, through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Cheyenne 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 Colorado Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances, and it may charge research and retrieval time after the first hour, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Cheyenne County District Court it is kept by the clerk of the combined court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at coloradojudicial.gov, phone 719-767-5649, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
The other Cheyenne County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI and property records.
Cities in Cheyenne County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Cheyenne County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Cheyenne County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cheyenne County each year?
The Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office reported 29 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cheyenne County?
Ask the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.cheyenne.co.us/departments/sheriff.html.
Where are people arrested in Cheyenne County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cheyenne County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation: the state runs an online name-based criminal history check open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Colorado Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Cheyenne County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cheyenne 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.
Is this the official Cheyenne 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.