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 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Sunland Park, New Mexico, in Doña Ana County, has about 18,000 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 District Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Doña Ana County. 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: Sunland Park public records, Doña Ana County arrest records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Sunland Park
The FBI lists Sunland Park with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Sunland Park Police Department. It reported 196 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 Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 674 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Doña Ana County: New Mexico State University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Sunland Park 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.
- Sunland Park: 196 for 2025, 194 for 2024, 124 for 2023, 134 for 2022, 100 for 2020 and 188 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Sunland Park's 196 arrests in 2025 were up 1 percent from 194 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Sunland Park reported 160 arrests, against 141 in the same months of 2025.
Across Doña Ana County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 928 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sunland Park Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sunland Park 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 2023 the jail held about 610 people, down from about 700 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 846 beds, and it ran at 72 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 Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office at apps.donaanacounty.org/www/inmates (page title: DAC JCMS Inmates Online | Doña Ana County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the New Mexico Corrections Department, whose inmate locator is at cd.nm.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Sunland Park
Whether someone was arrested in Sunland Park, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the District Court for Doña Ana County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at donaana.nm.publicsearch.us); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at donaanacountyda.com/contact-us, phone (575) 524-6370).
Statewide, New Mexico Courts Case Lookup is the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search.
New Mexico does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety 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 Sunland Park
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 Inspection of Public Records Act the agency must answer within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days, and it may charge copying at no more than $1 a page.
- An arrest by the Sunland Park police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at sunlandpark-nm.gov/departments/police-department (page title: Police Department | City of Sunland Park), phone 575-526-0795, Friday, October 2, 2026 🕔 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (575) 524-6370, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Doña Ana County, through the court records page at donaana.nm.publicsearch.us.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at donaana.gov (page title: Dona Ana County, NM).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Doña Ana County guide covers every agency in the county: Doña Ana County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sunland Park each year?
Sunland Park reported 196 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sunland Park?
Ask the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at apps.donaanacounty.org/www/inmates.
Where are people arrested in Sunland Park booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sunland Park?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Doña Ana County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Inspection of Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Sunland Park?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sunland Park police for its own arrests, the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Inspection of Public Records Act the answer is due within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at donaana.gov.
Is this the official Sunland Park 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.