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 24, 2026.
De Soto Parish, Louisiana, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the De Soto Parish 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 parish jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for De Soto 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: De Soto Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in De Soto Parish
The De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for De Soto Parish. It reported 402 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in De Soto Parish with a reporting agency of its own:
- Mansfield, 4,545 residents: 197 arrests reported for 2019.
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 De Soto 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.
- De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office: 402 for 2024, 338 for 2023, 207 for 2021, 429 for 2020 and 596 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Mansfield: 197 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2019 on file reported 793 arrests that year.
Booking: Where People Arrested in De Soto Parish Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in De Soto Parish 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 110 people, up from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 131 beds, and it ran at 85 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office at dpso.org/inmateRoster (page title: DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office (LA)), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 De Soto Parish
An arrest in De Soto Parish can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the parish jail; the case index of the District Court for De Soto Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at search.desotoparishclerk.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 De Soto Parish
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 De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Mansfield: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for De Soto Parish, through the court records page at search.desotoparishclerk.org.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at dpso.org/publicRecordsRequest (page title: DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office (LA)).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in De Soto Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the eight cities in De Soto Parish: Mansfield. Stonewall, Logansport, South Mansfield, Keachi, Grand Cane, Stanley and Longstreet have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
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 De Soto Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in De Soto Parish each year?
The De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office reported 402 arrests to the FBI for 2024. For 2019, the latest year most of the agencies in De Soto Parish sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 793 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in De Soto Parish?
Look on the custody page of the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office at dpso.org/inmateRoster. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
Where are people arrested in De Soto Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in De Soto Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for De Soto 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 De Soto Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the De Soto 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; the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at dpso.org/publicRecordsRequest.
Is this the official De Soto 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.