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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Johnson County, Nebraska, has about 5,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office 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 Johnson 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: Johnson County public records, Nebraska arrest records, Nebraska inmate search and Nebraska criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Johnson County
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Johnson County. It reported 42 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Johnson County: the State Patrol in Johnson County (state police).
How Many Arrests The Johnson County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Johnson County Sheriff's Office: 42 for 2025, 58 for 2022, 41 for 2021, 123 for 2020 and 69 for 2019; 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Through August 2026, Johnson County Sheriff's Office reported 31 arrests, against 29 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Johnson County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Johnson 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 3 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 9 beds, and it ran at 33 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 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 Johnson County
An arrest in Johnson County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Johnson County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at nebraskajudicial.gov/courts/johnson-district-court, phone 402-335-6300); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at johnsoncounty.ne.gov/county-attorney.html, phone 402-335-3344).
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 Johnson 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 Johnson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the State Patrol in Johnson County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 402-335-3344, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Johnson County District Court, through the court records page at nebraskajudicial.gov, phone 402-335-6300.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Johnson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Johnson County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Johnson County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Johnson County each year?
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office reported 42 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Johnson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Johnson 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 Johnson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Johnson 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 Johnson 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.