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 October 2, 2026.
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, has about 81,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from St. Landry Parish depends on where the incident happened: the St. Landry 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.
Related guides: St. Landry Parish public records, St. Landry Parish arrest records, St. Landry Parish warrants, St. Landry Parish inmate search, St. Landry Parish criminal records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from St. Landry Parish
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In St. Landry Parish that is the St. Landry 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.
The FBI's list also carries Louisiana State University at Eunice (campus police), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office
The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 90 violent and 369 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 232 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at stlandry.lavns.org (page title: St. Landry Parish Jail), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in St. Landry Parish
The seven cities the FBI lists in St. Landry Parish with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Opelousas: 210 violent and 698 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,339 arrests reported for 2025. The Opelousas police department's page is at opelousaspolicedept.com, phone (337) 948-2500 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Eunice: 724 arrests reported for 2020.
- Port Barre: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Arnaudville: 1 arrests reported for 2021.
- Krotz Springs: 5 violent and 29 property crimes reported for 2025; 30 arrests reported for 2025.
- Melville: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Washington: 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 Reports: St. Landry Parish in 2025
The three agencies in St. Landry Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 305 violent and 1,096 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the six agencies in St. Landry Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,057 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.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (337) 948-3041, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in St. Landry Parish?
From the agency whose officer took it: the St. Landry 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 St. Landry 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 St. Landry 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 St. Landry 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.