Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Lighthouse Point, Florida, in Broward County, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the State Attorney files charges, a case in the Broward County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Lighthouse Point public records, Broward County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Lighthouse Point
The FBI lists Lighthouse Point with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Lighthouse Point Police Department. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Broward County Sheriff's Office is the county agency.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Broward County: the Fort Lauderdale Airport Police, Broward County Schools and the Port Everglades Police Department (other); the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Broward County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Broward County, the Department of Insurance in Broward County, the Broward County Florida Game Commission and two more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Broward County (state police).
Arrest Counts on File for Lighthouse Point
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Lighthouse Point the counts on file are partial: Lighthouse Point has sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Across Broward County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 4,591 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lighthouse Point Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lighthouse Point is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 4,070 people on an average day, up from about 3,710 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 5,144 beds, and it ran at 68 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Broward County Sheriff's Office at apps.sheriff.org/ArrestSearch (page title: Arrest Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at fdc.myflorida.com.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lighthouse Point
For Lighthouse Point the place to look is the case index of the Broward County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at browardclerk.org/web2, phone (954) 831-6565).
Florida is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can run a name-based criminal history search online for $24, for $24 a search, through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. 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 Lighthouse Point
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) the agency must answer promptly and in good faith; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge the copy fees set by statute, plus a special service charge for large requests.
- An arrest by the Lighthouse Point police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at lighthousepointfl.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=21 (page title: Quick Links, Police Department), phone 954-943-6500, 2200 NE 38th Street Lighthouse Point, FL 33064, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Broward County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Broward County Circuit Court, through the court records page at browardclerk.org/web2, phone (954) 831-6565.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Broward County guide covers every agency in the county: Broward County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lighthouse Point?
Ask the Broward County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at apps.sheriff.org/ArrestSearch.
Where are people arrested in Lighthouse Point booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Broward County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lighthouse Point?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement: anyone can run a name-based criminal history search online for $24, for $24. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Lighthouse Point?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lighthouse Point police for its own arrests, the Broward County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) the answer is due promptly and in good faith; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Lighthouse Point website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.