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 on September 23, 2026.
El Paso County, Colorado, has about 753,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from El Paso County depends on where the incident happened: the El Paso 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, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from El Paso 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 El Paso County that is the El Paso 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.
The FBI's list also carries Colorado Department of Revenue in Marijuana Enforcement Criminal Investigation, El Paso County (state agency) and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak Community College (campus police), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the El Paso County Sheriff's Office
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 673 violent and 2,039 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 2,652 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 719-390-2151. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at epcsheriffsoffice.com/services/search-for-inmates (page title: Search for Inmates | El Paso County Sheriff's Office), phone 719-390-2151, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in El Paso County
The seven cities the FBI lists in El Paso County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Colorado Springs: 3,428 violent and 15,043 property crimes reported for 2025; 19,181 arrests reported for 2025. The Colorado Springs police records page is at coloradosprings.gov/policerecords, phone 719-444-7463 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Fountain: 108 violent and 497 property crimes reported for 2025; 880 arrests reported for 2025.
- Monument: 24 violent and 172 property crimes reported for 2025; 289 arrests reported for 2023.
- Manitou Springs: 334 arrests reported for 2024.
- Palmer Lake: 3 violent and 11 property crimes reported for 2025; 26 arrests reported for 2025.
- Calhan: 3 violent and 4 property crimes reported for 2025; 12 arrests reported for 2025.
- Green Mountain Falls: 2 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Reports: El Paso County in 2025
The six agencies in El Paso County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,239 violent and 17,766 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in El Paso County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 22,751 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Colorado Open Records Act Requires
Under the Colorado Open Records Act the agency must answer a request 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. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in El Paso County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the El Paso 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 El Paso 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 El Paso County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 719-390-2151. 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 El Paso 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.