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.
Vernon Parish, Louisiana, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office and three city agencies. 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 Vernon 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: Vernon Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Vernon Parish
The Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Vernon Parish. It reported 1,010 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists three cities in Vernon Parish with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Leesville, 5,339 residents: 495 arrests reported for 2020.
- New Llano, 2,064 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rosepine, 1,445 residents: 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.
The De Ridder Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Vernon Parish, so its arrests are not broken out for Vernon Parish here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Vernon 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.
- New Llano: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Rosepine: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office: 1,010 for 2020 and 1,073 for 2019.
- Leesville: 495 for 2020 and 955 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,304 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,304 in 2025 against 2,304 in 2024.
Through September 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,332 arrests, against 1,728 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Vernon Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Vernon Parish and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 120 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 39 beds, and it ran at 395 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 Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office at vernon.lavns.org (page title: Vernon Parish Jail), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 Vernon Parish
For Vernon Parish the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Vernon Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vernonparishcoc.com, phone (337) 238-1384).
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 Vernon Parish
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Leesville, New Llano or Rosepine: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Vernon Parish, through the court records page at vernonparishcoc.com, phone (337) 238-1384.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Vernon Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the six cities in Vernon Parish: Leesville, New Llano and Rosepine. Anacoco, Simpson and Hornbeck 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 Vernon Parish.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Vernon Parish, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Leesville (5,339)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Vernon Parish each year?
New Llano reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,304 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Vernon Parish?
Ask the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at vernon.lavns.org.
Where are people arrested in Vernon Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Vernon Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Vernon 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 Vernon Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Vernon 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.
Is this the official Vernon 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.