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.
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, has about 140,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Tangipahoa Parish depends on where the incident happened: the Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish that is the Tangipahoa 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 Southeastern Louisiana University (campus police), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 555 violent and 1,443 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,376 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 866-232-1899. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, 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.
Reports from the City Agencies in Tangipahoa Parish
The seven cities the FBI lists in Tangipahoa Parish with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Hammond: 139 violent and 1,298 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,387 arrests reported for 2025. The Hammond police department's page is at hammond.lavns.org (verified September 26, 2026).
- Ponchatoula: 19 violent and 115 property crimes reported for 2025; 46 arrests reported for 2025.
- Amite City: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kentwood: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Independence: 31 violent and 63 property crimes reported for 2025; 38 arrests reported for 2025.
- Roseland: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tickfaw: 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.
How Many Reports: Tangipahoa Parish in 2025
The four agencies in Tangipahoa Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 744 violent and 2,919 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the seven agencies in Tangipahoa Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,303 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 tpso.org/resource/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Tangipahoa Parish?
From the agency whose officer took it: 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.
How long does an agency in Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 866-232-1899. 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 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.