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 30, 2026.
Switzerland County, Indiana, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Switzerland County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Switzerland Circuit and Superior Courts. 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Switzerland County public records, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Switzerland County
The Switzerland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Switzerland County.
The FBI lists one city in Switzerland County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Vevay, 1,762 residents: 47 arrests reported for 2020.
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.
Arrest Counts on File for Switzerland County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Switzerland County the counts on file are partial: Switzerland County Sheriff's Office and Vevay have sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Switzerland County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Switzerland 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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 15 people, down from about 28 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 34 beds, and it ran at 82 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Indiana Department of Correction lists its inmates at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Switzerland County
An arrest in Switzerland County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Switzerland Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at in.gov/courts/local/switzerland-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at in.gov/counties/switzerland/departments-f-z/prosecutors-office, phone 812.427.4455).
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Indiana is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Limited Criminal History search is open to anyone online, through the Indiana State Police. 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 Switzerland 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 Indiana Access to Public Records Act the agency must answer within 24 hours for a request made in person and 7 days for one sent by mail or email, and it may charge a copy fee set by the agency, within statutory limits.
- An arrest by the Switzerland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Vevay: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 812.427.4455, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Switzerland Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/switzerland-county.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Switzerland County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Switzerland County: Vevay. Patriot has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Switzerland Circuit and Superior Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Switzerland County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Switzerland County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Switzerland County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Indiana State Police: the Limited Criminal History search is open to anyone online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Switzerland County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Switzerland County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act the answer is due within 24 hours for a request made in person and 7 days for one sent by mail or email.
Is this the official Switzerland 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.