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 between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
El Dorado, Kansas, in Butler County, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from El Dorado depends on where the incident happened. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Kansas Open Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the city's records page, the sheriff's reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from El Dorado
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.
Inside El Dorado that is the agency that reports to the FBI for the city (filed by the FBI as El Dorado Police Department); outside it, the Butler County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI's list also carries Butler Community College (campus police) and the Bluestem Unified School District and the El Dorado School District (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the El Dorado Police
For El Dorado, SearchSystems opened and checked the El Dorado police department's page at eldoks.gov/m/directory/department?did=12 (page title: Staff Directory, Police Department), phone 316-321-9120, 128 N. Vine St. El Dorado, KS 67042, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
The agency that reports for El Dorado had 42 violent and 174 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 503 arrests for 2025.
Reports from the Butler County Sheriff's Office
The Butler County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 42 violent and 108 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 884 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at butlersheriff.org/jail-facilities (page title: Jail Facilities | Butler County Sheriff’s Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
What the Kansas Open Records Act Requires
The Kansas Open Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 3 business days, at a charge of staff time and copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at bucoks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6/Information-Request (page title: REQUEST FOR COPIES OF OPEN RECORDS).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (316) 600-5248, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in El Dorado?
From the agency that took it. The El Dorado police department's page is at eldoks.gov/m/directory/department?did=12, phone 316-321-9120; the sheriff's reports come from the Butler County Sheriff's Office.
How long does an agency in El Dorado have to answer?
Under the Kansas Open Records Act, within 3 business days. It may charge staff time and copying.
How do I get a report from the Butler County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official El Dorado 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.