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 October 4, 2026.
Sullivan, Missouri, in Franklin County, has about 6,900 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Franklin County Circuit Court. 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: Sullivan public records, Franklin County arrest records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Sullivan
The FBI lists Sullivan with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Sullivan Police Department. It reported 543 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 Franklin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 63 arrests for 2022.
How Many Arrests Sullivan Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Sullivan: 543 for 2025, 461 for 2024, 436 for 2023, 426 for 2022, 581 for 2021 and 912 for 2020.
Sullivan's 543 arrests in 2025 were up 18 percent from 461 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Sullivan reported 314 arrests, against 356 in the same months of 2025.
Across Franklin County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,212 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sullivan Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sullivan 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 2019 the jail held about 180 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 130 beds, and it ran at 136 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 Franklin County Sheriff's Office at franklinmo.gov/218/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Franklin County, MO), phone 636-582-8600, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Missouri Department of Corrections lists its inmates at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Sullivan
For Sullivan the place to look is the case index of the Franklin County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at fcmcclerk.com/case/search).
Statewide, Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search.
Missouri is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the open record search on the MACHS site lets anyone check convictions by name, through the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Sullivan
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 Missouri Sunshine Law the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge research time and copying.
- An arrest by the Sullivan police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at sullivan.mo.us/departments/police/administration/index.php (page title: Welcome to City of Sullivan, MO), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 636-582-8600.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Franklin County Circuit Court, through the court records page at fcmcclerk.com/case/search.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Franklin County guide covers every agency in the county: Franklin County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sullivan each year?
Sullivan reported 543 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sullivan?
Ask the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at 636-582-8600; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at franklinmo.gov/218/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Sullivan booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sullivan?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division: the open record search on the MACHS site lets anyone check convictions by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Missouri Sunshine Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Sullivan?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sullivan police for its own arrests, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Sullivan 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.