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 October 9, 2026.
DeSoto County, Mississippi, has about 196,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from DeSoto County depends on where the incident happened: the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Mississippi Public Records Act 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.
Related guides: DeSoto County public records, DeSoto County arrest records, DeSoto County warrants, DeSoto County inmate search, DeSoto County property records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from DeSoto County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In DeSoto County that is the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county 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 Northwest Mississippi Community College at Desoto (campus police), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office
The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 48 violent and 163 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 4,128 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at desotocountyms.gov/342/Sheriff-Thomas-E-Tuggle (page title: Sheriff Thomas E. Tuggle II | DeSoto County, MS), 3091 Industrial Drive W Hernando, MS 38632, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in DeSoto County
The five cities the FBI lists in DeSoto County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Southaven: 155 violent and 963 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,729 arrests reported for 2025.
- Olive Branch: 83 violent and 493 property crimes reported for 2025; 968 arrests reported for 2025.
- Horn Lake: 21 violent and 387 property crimes reported for 2025; 954 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hernando: 20 violent and 61 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,547 arrests reported for 2025.
- Walls: 59 arrests reported for 2021.
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: DeSoto County in 2025
The five agencies in DeSoto County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 327 violent and 2,067 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in DeSoto County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,326 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Mississippi Public Records Act Requires
Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the agency must answer a request within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow, and it may charge the actual cost of search, review and copying. 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 county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at desotocountyms.gov/381/Public-Records-Request-Policy (page title: Public Records Request Policy | DeSoto County, MS).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in DeSoto County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the DeSoto 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.
How long does an agency in DeSoto County have to answer?
Under the Mississippi Public Records Act, within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow. It may charge the actual cost of search, review and copying.
How do I get a report from the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 DeSoto 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.