Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Riverdale Park, Maryland, in Prince George's County, has about 7,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Riverdale Park public records, Prince George's County arrest records, Maryland arrest records and Maryland inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Riverdale Park
The FBI lists Riverdale Park with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Riverdale Park Police Department. It reported 140 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Prince George's County Police Department is the county agency. It reported 4,152 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Prince George's County: the University of Maryland at College Park, Bowie State University and Prince George's County Community College (campus police); the Prince George's County Maryland-National Capital Park Police (other); the Prince Georges County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Riverdale Park Reports
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.
- Riverdale Park: 140 for 2025, 171 for 2024, 120 for 2023, 142 for 2022, 149 for 2020 and 187 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Riverdale Park's 140 arrests in 2025 were down 18 percent from 171 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Riverdale Park reported 74 arrests, against 89 in the same months of 2025.
Across Prince George's County, the 24 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,192 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Riverdale Park Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Riverdale Park is held at the county 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 2024 the jail held about 1,020 people, up from about 890 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,525 beds, and it ran at 65 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Prince George's County Police Department at princegeorgescountymd.gov/staff-directory/public-safety/corrections... (page title: Inmate Locator | Prince George's County), phone 301-952-7164, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Riverdale Park
Whether someone was arrested in Riverdale Park, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Prince George's County Police Department described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at princegeorgescountymd.gov/county-government/states-attorney, phone 301-952-3500).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at mdcourts.gov/non-mdec/pgpubliccases (page title: Public Cases Created by Prince George's County Courts | Maryland Courts), belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County.
Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
Maryland does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System 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 Riverdale Park
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Maryland Public Information Act the agency must answer within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Riverdale Park police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at riverdaleparkmd.gov/how_do_i/request/police_report.php (page title: Welcome to Riverdale Park, MD), phone (301) 209-1566, Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Prince George's County Police Department: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 301-952-7164.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, 301-952-3500, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County it is kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at mdcourts.gov/non-mdec/pgpubliccases, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at princegeorgescountymd.gov (page title: MPIA and FOIA Requests | Prince George's County).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository.
The Prince George's County guide covers every agency in the county: Prince George's County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Riverdale Park each year?
Riverdale Park reported 140 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Riverdale Park?
Look on the custody page of the Prince George's County Police Department at princegeorgescountymd.gov, or call 301-952-7164. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Riverdale Park booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Prince George's County Police Department; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Riverdale Park?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maryland Public Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Riverdale Park?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Riverdale Park police for its own arrests, the Prince George's County Police Department for the sheriff's. Under the Maryland Public Information Act the answer is due within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at princegeorgescountymd.gov.
Is this the official Riverdale Park website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.