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 on September 24, 2026.
Litchfield County is a county in Connecticut, and arrests there are made by the state police or the town police, with one city agency reporting to the FBI. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at a facility of the Connecticut Department of Correction, and, if the State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Connecticut Superior 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: Litchfield County public records, Connecticut arrest records, Connecticut inmate search and Connecticut criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Litchfield County
Connecticut has no county sheriff with a patrol role. Arrests in Litchfield County are made by the state police or the town police, and in Connecticut the police for a given address is the town police in a town with its own department and the state police elsewhere.
The FBI lists one city in Litchfield County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Torrington, 35,673 residents: 873 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 Torrington Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Torrington: 873 for 2025, 702 for 2024, 718 for 2023, 622 for 2022, 627 for 2021 and 667 for 2020.
Torrington's 873 arrests in 2025 were up 24 percent from 702 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Torrington reported 486 arrests, against 549 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Litchfield County Are Held
In Connecticut the jails belong to the state. Anyone held after an arrest in Litchfield County is booked into a facility of the Connecticut Department of Correction, and the inmate lookup is the state's.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Connecticut Department of Correction lists its inmates at portal.ct.gov/DOC/Miscellaneous/Inmate-Information.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Litchfield County
Whether someone was arrested in Litchfield County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the Connecticut Department of Correction's inmate locator, for anyone held; the case index of the Connecticut Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at jud.ct.gov/jud2.htm).
Statewide, Judicial Branch Case Look-up is the Connecticut Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
Connecticut is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: conviction records are public and can be requested on anyone by name, through the Connecticut State Police Bureau of Identification. 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 Litchfield 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 Connecticut Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer promptly; a request not answered in 4 business days is treated as denied and can be appealed, and it may charge the copy fees set by statute.
- An arrest in Torrington: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Connecticut Superior Court, through the court records page at jud.ct.gov/jud2.htm.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the State Police Bureau of Identification.
Cities in Litchfield County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Litchfield County: Torrington. Litchfield and Bantam have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Litchfield County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Torrington (35,673)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Litchfield County each year?
Torrington reported 873 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Litchfield County?
Through the Connecticut Department of Correction's inmate locator at portal.ct.gov; the department holds everyone in custody in Connecticut.
Where are people arrested in Litchfield County booked?
In a facility of the Connecticut Department of Correction, which runs every jail in Connecticut.
Are arrest records public in Litchfield County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Connecticut State Police Bureau of Identification: conviction records are public and can be requested on anyone by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Litchfield County?
From the agency that made the arrest: in Connecticut, the state police or the town police. Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act the answer is due promptly; a request not answered in 4 business days is treated as denied and can be appealed.
Is this the official Litchfield 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.