Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Gardner, Kansas, in Johnson County, has about 26,000 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Johnson County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Gardner public records, Johnson County arrest records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Gardner
The FBI lists Gardner with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Gardner Police Department. It reported 514 arrests for 2025. 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 Johnson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,383 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Johnson County: Johnson County Park, Shawnee Mission Public Schools and the Blue Valley School District (other); Johnson County Community College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Gardner Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Gardner: 514 for 2025, 560 for 2024, 642 for 2023, 544 for 2022, 680 for 2021 and 660 for 2020.
Gardner's 514 arrests in 2025 were down 8.2 percent from 560 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Gardner reported 342 arrests, against 329 in the same months of 2025.
Across Johnson County, the 14 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 13,462 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Gardner Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Gardner 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 750 people, down from about 830 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,053 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 custody page of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office at jocogov.org/johnson-county-sheriff/public-information/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Johnson County Kansas), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Kansas Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Gardner
Whether someone was arrested in Gardner, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Johnson County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at jocogov.org/johnson-county-sheriff/public-information/johnson-count...); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at jocogov.org/district-attorney, phone 913-715-3000).
Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
Kansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online, through the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. 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 Gardner
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 Kansas Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying.
- An arrest by the Gardner police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at gardnerkansas.gov/community/police/how_do_i/request_reports.php (page title: Request Reports | Gardner, KS), phone (913) 856-7312, 120 E. Main Street Gardner, KS 66030, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 913-715-3000, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Johnson County District Court, through the court records page at jocogov.org.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jocogov.org (page title: Request District Court Records | Johnson County Kansas).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Johnson County guide covers every agency in the county: Johnson County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Gardner each year?
Gardner reported 514 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Gardner?
Look on the custody page of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office at jocogov.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Gardner booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Gardner?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Kansas Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Gardner?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Gardner police for its own arrests, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jocogov.org.
Is this the official Gardner 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.