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 October 2, 2026.
Broussard, Louisiana, in Lafayette Parish, has about 15,000 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 parish jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Lafayette Parish. 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: Broussard public records, Lafayette Parish arrest records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Broussard
The FBI lists Broussard with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Broussard Police Department. It reported 390 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 Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,078 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lafayette Parish: the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and South Louisiana Community College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Broussard 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.
- Broussard: 390 for 2025, 425 for 2024, 373 for 2023, 275 for 2022, 241 for 2021 and 544 for 2020.
Broussard's 390 arrests in 2025 were down 8.2 percent from 425 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Broussard reported 204 arrests, against 224 in the same months of 2025.
Across Lafayette Parish, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,024 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Broussard Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Broussard is held at the parish 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.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 670 people, down from about 1,920 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 770 beds, and it ran at 88 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office at lafayettesheriff.com/services/corrections/offender-information (page title: Offender Information | Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office), phone 337-232-9211, 9211 Location 316 West Main Street Lafayette, LA 70501, Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Broussard
For Broussard the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Lafayette Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lpclerk.com/online-records, phone (337)291-6303).
Louisiana does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Broussard
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 Louisiana Public Records Law the agency must answer within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
- An arrest by the Broussard police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at sthelenaso.org/louisiana/police-department/broussard-police-department (page title: Broussard Police Department, Louisiana Jail Roster, Arrests, Contacts), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
- An arrest by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 337-232-9211.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Lafayette Parish, through the court records page at lpclerk.com/online-records, phone (337)291-6303.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The Lafayette Parish guide covers every agency in the parish: Lafayette Parish arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Broussard each year?
Broussard reported 390 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Broussard?
Ask the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office at 337-232-9211; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lafayettesheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Broussard booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Broussard?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Lafayette Parish are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Louisiana Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Broussard?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Broussard police for its own arrests, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Louisiana Public Records Law the answer is due within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available.
Is this the official Broussard website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.