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 2024. 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 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Walker, Louisiana, in Livingston Parish, has about 6,400 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 Livingston 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: Walker public records, Livingston Parish arrest records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Walker
The FBI lists Walker with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Walker Police Department. It reported 328 arrests for 2024, 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 Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 3,208 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Walker Reports
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.
- Walker: 328 for 2024, 392 for 2023, 282 for 2022, 411 for 2020 and 876 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Walker's 328 arrests in 2024 were down 16 percent from 392 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Walker Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Walker 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 640 people, up from about 570 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 673 beds, and it ran at 95 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 Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office at livingston.lavns.org (page title: Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists its inmates at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Walker
For Walker the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at 21jdda.org).
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 Walker
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 Walker police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at walker.la.us/obtain-a-public-record (page title: Welcome to Walker, Louisiana), phone 225-665-4356, 13600 Aydell Lane | P.O. Box 217 Walker, LA 70785, Monday - Thursday 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at livingstonparishla.gov (page title: Public Records Request Form | Livingston Parish Government (LA)).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The Livingston Parish guide covers every agency in the parish: Livingston Parish arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Walker each year?
Walker reported 328 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Walker?
Ask the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at livingston.lavns.org.
Where are people arrested in Walker booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Walker?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Livingston 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 Walker?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Walker police for its own arrests, the Livingston 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; the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at livingstonparishla.gov.
Is this the official Walker 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.