Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest 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 September 30, 2026.
Carlisle County, Kentucky, has about 4,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Carlisle 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 Commonwealth's Attorney files charges, a case in the Carlisle Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Carlisle County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Carlisle County
The Carlisle County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Carlisle County. It reported 74 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
One city in Carlisle County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Bardwell, 710 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Carlisle County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Carlisle County Sheriff's Office: 74 for 2024, 100 for 2023, 103 for 2022, 135 for 2021, 115 for 2020 and 134 for 2019.
- Bardwell: 6 for 2025, 11 for 2024, 11 for 2023, 17 for 2022, 3 for 2021 and 3 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 85 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 85 in 2024 against 111 in 2023, down 23 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Carlisle County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Carlisle County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Carlisle County Sheriff's Office at carlislecountysheriff.com (page title: Carlisle County Sheriff's Office), phone (270) 628-3377, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Kentucky Department of Corrections lists its inmates at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Carlisle County
For Carlisle County the place to look is the case index of the Carlisle Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Carlisle.aspx, phone 270-628-5425).
Kentucky is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Administrative Office of the Courts, not the state police, sells name-based criminal record reports to the public, for $25 a search, through the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts. 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 Carlisle County
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 Kentucky Open Records Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying, 10 cents a page for standard copies.
- An arrest by the Carlisle County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (270) 628-3377.
- An arrest in Bardwell: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Carlisle Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-628-5425.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at carlislecountyclerk.ky.gov (page title: Open Records Policy | Carlisle County Clerk Kentucky).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Carlisle County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Carlisle County: Bardwell. Arlington 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 Carlisle Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Carlisle County each year?
The Carlisle County Sheriff's Office reported 74 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the two agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 85 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Carlisle County?
Ask the Carlisle County Sheriff's Office at (270) 628-3377; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at carlislecountysheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Carlisle County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Carlisle County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Carlisle County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts: the Administrative Office of the Courts, not the state police, sells name-based criminal record reports to the public, for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Kentucky Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Carlisle County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Carlisle County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Kentucky Open Records Act the answer is due within 5 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at carlislecountyclerk.ky.gov.
Is this the official Carlisle 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.