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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Cuming County, Nebraska, has about 9,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Cuming County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one state agency. 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Cuming County District 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: Cuming County public records, Nebraska arrest records, Nebraska inmate search and Nebraska criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Cuming County
The Cuming County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Cuming County. It reported 2 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Cuming County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- West Point, 3,460 residents: 47 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wisner, 1,233 residents: 3 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 FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Cuming County: the State Patrol in Cuming County (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Cuming County
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.
- West Point: 47 for 2025, 44 for 2023, 68 for 2022, 47 for 2021, 33 for 2020 and 42 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Wisner: 3 for 2025.
- Cuming County Sheriff's Office: 2 for 2025 and 4 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 52 arrests that year.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 36 arrests, against 41 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cuming County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cuming 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cuming County Sheriff's Office at cumingcountyne.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Cuming County Government), phone (402)372-6019, 200 S Lincoln St | West Point NE 68788, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services lists its inmates at dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/COR_input.jsp.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Cuming County
Whether someone was arrested in Cuming County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Cuming County District Court, kept by the Clerk of the District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at cumingcountyne.gov/county-attorney, phone (402)372-5500).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at nebraskajudicial.gov/courts/cuming-county-court (page title: Cuming County Court | Nebraska Judicial Branch), phone 402-372-6003, belongs to a lower court, not to the Cuming County District Court.
Statewide, Nebraska Trial Court Case Search is the Nebraska Judicial Branch's statewide case search, with a fee per search.
Nebraska is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Patrol sells name-based criminal history checks to anyone online, through the Nebraska State Patrol. 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 Cuming 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 Nebraska Public Records Statutes the agency must answer within 4 business days, and it may charge copying, and staff time after the first four hours.
- An arrest by the Cuming County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (402)372-6019.
- An arrest in West Point or Wisner: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol in Cuming County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (402)372-5500, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Cuming County District Court it is kept by the Clerk of the District Court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at nebraskajudicial.gov, phone 402-372-6003, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Cuming County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Cuming County: West Point and Wisner. Beemer and Bancroft 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 Cuming County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cuming County each year?
West Point reported 47 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 52 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cuming County?
Ask the Cuming County Sheriff's Office at (402)372-6019; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cumingcountyne.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Cuming County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cuming County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cuming County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Nebraska State Patrol: the Patrol sells name-based criminal history checks to anyone online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Nebraska Public Records Statutes.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Cuming County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cuming County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Nebraska Public Records Statutes the answer is due within 4 business days.
Is this the official Cuming 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.