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 between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, has about 140,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, seven city agencies and one campus 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 Tangipahoa 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: Tangipahoa Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Tangipahoa Parish
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Tangipahoa Parish. It reported 1,376 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside seven of the parish's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Hammond, 23,426 residents: 1,387 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ponchatoula, 7,735 residents: 46 arrests reported for 2025.
- Amite City, 4,086 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kentwood, 2,195 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Independence, 1,653 residents: 38 arrests reported for 2025.
- Roseland, 892 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tickfaw, 685 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2024.
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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tangipahoa Parish: Southeastern Louisiana University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Tangipahoa Parish
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Hammond: 1,387 for 2025, 1,284 for 2024, 687 for 2023, 1,650 for 2022, 1,356 for 2021 and 3,645 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office: 1,376 for 2025, 1,626 for 2024, 1,774 for 2023, 2,068 for 2022, 3,238 for 2021 and 3,658 for 2020.
- Roseland: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Kentwood: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Amite City: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Ponchatoula: 46 for 2025, 62 for 2024, 255 for 2023, 268 for 2022, 307 for 2021 and 1,787 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Independence: 38 for 2025, 56 for 2024, 58 for 2023, 134 for 2020 and 371 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Tickfaw: 1 for 2024, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 0 for 2019; 2020 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,303 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 6,303 in 2025 against 6,484 in 2024, down 2.8 percent.
Through July 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,247 arrests, against 2,902 in the same months of 2025.
Tickfaw reported only part of 2025 (10 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Tangipahoa Parish Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tangipahoa 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 560 people, down from about 570 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 572 beds, and it ran at 98 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 Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office at tpso.org/resource/jail-guide (page title: Jail Guide | Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office), phone 866-232-1899, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Tangipahoa Parish
For Tangipahoa Parish the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Tangipahoa Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at tangiclerk.org/E-Services/Civil-Record-eSearch).
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 Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 866-232-1899.
- An arrest in Hammond, Ponchatoula, Amite City, Kentwood, Independence, Roseland or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Southeastern Louisiana University: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Tangipahoa Parish, through the court records page at tangiclerk.org.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at tpso.org/resource/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Tangipahoa Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the eight cities in Tangipahoa Parish: Hammond, Ponchatoula, Amite City, Kentwood, Independence, Roseland and Tickfaw. Tangipahoa has 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 Tangipahoa Parish.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Tangipahoa Parish, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Hammond (23,426)
- Ponchatoula (7,735)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Tangipahoa Parish each year?
Hammond reported 1,387 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the seven agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 6,303 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Tangipahoa Parish?
Ask the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office at 866-232-1899; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tpso.org/resource/jail-guide.
Where are people arrested in Tangipahoa Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Tangipahoa Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Tangipahoa 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 tpso.org/resource/public-records-request.
Is this the official Tangipahoa 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.