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.
Weston, Florida, in Broward County, has about 71,000 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: Weston public records, Broward County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Weston
The FBI lists Weston with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Weston 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 Weston
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Weston the counts on file are partial: Weston 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 Weston Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Weston 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.
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 sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Florida Department of Corrections lists its inmates at fdc.myflorida.com.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Weston
For Weston 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 Weston
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Weston police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at westonfl.org/government/police-services/reports-background-checks-f... (page title: Reports | Background Checks | Fingerprinting | City of Weston, FL), phone 850-410-8109, 17300 Royal Palm Boulevard Weston, FL 33326, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., 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 Weston?
Ask the Broward County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at apps.sheriff.org/ArrestSearch.
Where are people arrested in Weston 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 Weston?
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 Weston?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Weston 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 Weston 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.