Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
De Soto Parish, Louisiana, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from De Soto Parish depends on where the incident happened: the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated parish, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Louisiana Public Records Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from De Soto Parish
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In De Soto Parish that is the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated parish and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
Reports from the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office
The De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 42 violent and 212 property crimes reported for 2023 and reported 402 arrests for 2024.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at dpso.org/inmateRoster (page title: DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office (LA)), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in De Soto Parish
The one city the FBI lists in De Soto Parish with a reporting agency of its own:
- Mansfield: 28 violent and 18 property crimes reported for 2023; 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 Reports: De Soto Parish in 2023
The two agencies in De Soto Parish with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 70 violent and 230 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the two agencies in De Soto Parish with all twelve months of 2019 on file reported 793 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Louisiana Public Records Law Requires
Under the Louisiana Public Records Law the agency must answer a request within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other parish record goes through the parish records request page SearchSystems verified, at dpso.org/publicRecordsRequest (page title: DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office (LA)).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in De Soto Parish?
From the agency whose officer took it: 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.
How long does an agency in De Soto Parish have to answer?
Under the Louisiana Public Records Law, within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available. It may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
How do I get a report from the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 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.