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. 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 on September 30, 2026.
Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. An arrest 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 Beauregard Parish. 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: Beauregard Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Beauregard Parish
The Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Beauregard Parish. It reported 203 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Beauregard Parish with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- DeRidder, 9,508 residents: 205 arrests reported for 2025.
- Merryville, 949 residents: 1,152 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 Beauregard Parish
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.
- Merryville: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- DeRidder: 205 for 2025, 260 for 2024, 258 for 2023, 280 for 2022, 279 for 2021 and 706 for 2020.
- Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office: 203 for 2025, 209 for 2024, 436 for 2023, 361 for 2022, 520 for 2021 and 275 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,560 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,560 in 2025 against 1,621 in 2024, down 3.8 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Beauregard Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Beauregard Parish and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 140 people, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 160 beds, and it ran at 86 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Beauregard Parish
For Beauregard Parish the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ncourt.com/x-press/x-onlinepayments.aspx).
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 Beauregard Parish
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in DeRidder or Merryville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Beauregard Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Beauregard Parish: DeRidder and Merryville.
Wherever in the parish the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the parish jail and the case goes to the District Court for Beauregard Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Beauregard Parish each year?
Merryville reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,560 between them.
Where are people arrested in Beauregard Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Beauregard Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Beauregard 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 Beauregard Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 Beauregard Parish website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.