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.
Calhoun County, Mississippi, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office and four city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Calhoun County Circuit Court. 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: Calhoun County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Calhoun County
The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Calhoun County. It reported 44 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county'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:
- Bruce, 1,621 residents: 65 arrests reported for 2025.
- Calhoun City, 1,474 residents: 40 arrests reported for 2022.
- Vardaman, 1,068 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2025.
- Derma, 921 residents: 13 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Calhoun County
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.
- Bruce: 65 for 2025, 89 for 2024, 96 for 2023, 102 for 2022 and 125 for 2021.
- Calhoun County Sheriff's Office: 44 for 2025, 50 for 2024, 69 for 2023, 43 for 2022 and 47 for 2021.
- Vardaman: 6 for 2025, 19 for 2024, 13 for 2023, 14 for 2022, 7 for 2021 and 12 for 2020.
- Calhoun City: 40 for 2022 and 30 for 2021.
- Derma: 13 for 2023, 17 for 2022, 24 for 2021 and 16 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 115 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 115 in 2025 against 158 in 2024, down 27 percent.
Calhoun City reported only part of 2025 (7 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Calhoun County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Calhoun County 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 35 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 60 beds, and it ran at 58 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Mississippi Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Calhoun County
Mississippi does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center 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 Calhoun County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the agency must answer within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow, and it may charge the actual cost of search, review and copying.
- An arrest by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Bruce, Calhoun City, Vardaman or Derma: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Calhoun County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the seven cities in Calhoun County: Bruce, Calhoun City, Vardaman and Derma. Pittsboro, Big Creek and Slate Springs have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Calhoun County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Calhoun County each year?
Bruce reported 65 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 115 between them.
Where are people arrested in Calhoun County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Calhoun County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Calhoun County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Mississippi Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Calhoun County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow.
Is this the official Calhoun County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.