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 2020. 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 30, 2026.
Leesville, Louisiana, in Vernon Parish, has about 5,300 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 Vernon 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: Leesville public records, Vernon Parish arrest records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Leesville
The FBI lists Leesville with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Leesville Police Department. It reported 495 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year. 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 Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,010 arrests for 2020.
How Many Arrests Leesville 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.
- Leesville: 495 for 2020 and 955 for 2019.
Leesville's 495 arrests in 2020 were down 48 percent from 955 in 2019.
Across Vernon Parish, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,304 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Leesville Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Leesville 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 2021 the jail held about 120 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 39 beds, and it ran at 395 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 Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office at vernon.lavns.org (page title: Vernon Parish Jail), 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 Leesville
For Leesville the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Vernon Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vernonparishcoc.com, phone (337) 238-1384).
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 Leesville
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 Leesville police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at leesvillela.gov/315/Police-Department (page title: Leesville Police Department | Leesville, LA | Leesville, LA), phone 337-238-0331, 101 West Lee Street Leesville, LA 71446, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Vernon Parish, through the court records page at vernonparishcoc.com, phone (337) 238-1384.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The Vernon Parish guide covers every agency in the parish: Vernon Parish arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Leesville each year?
Leesville reported 495 arrests to the FBI for 2020, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Leesville?
Ask the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at vernon.lavns.org.
Where are people arrested in Leesville booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Leesville?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Vernon 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 Leesville?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Leesville police for its own arrests, the Vernon 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 Leesville 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.