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.
Butler County, Kansas, has about 69,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Butler County depends on where the incident happened: the Butler County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. 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 sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Butler County public records, Butler County arrest records, Butler County warrants, Butler County inmate search, Butler County criminal records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Butler County
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.
In Butler County that is the Butler County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
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 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.
Reports from the City Agencies in Butler County
The six cities the FBI lists in Butler County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Andover: 186 arrests reported for 2024. The Andover police records page is at andoverks.gov/489/Police-Report-Copy-Request, phone (316) 733-5177 (verified September 26, 2026).
- El Dorado: 42 violent and 174 property crimes reported for 2025; 503 arrests reported for 2025. The El Dorado police department's page is at eldoks.gov/m/directory/department?did=12, phone 316-321-9120 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Augusta: 21 violent and 156 property crimes reported for 2025; 313 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rose Hill: 9 violent and 84 property crimes reported for 2025; 122 arrests reported for 2025.
- Benton: 10 arrests reported for 2022.
- Leon: 3 arrests reported for 2019.
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.
How Many Reports: Butler County in 2025
The four agencies in Butler County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 114 violent and 522 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Butler County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,822 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
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 Butler County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Butler County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
How long does an agency in Butler County 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 Butler 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.