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 September 28, 2026.
Doña Ana County, New Mexico, has about 229,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Doña Ana County depends on where the incident happened: the Dona Ana 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 Inspection of 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County that is the Dona Ana 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 New Mexico State University (campus police), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office
The Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 279 violent and 887 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 674 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, 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.
Reports from the City Agencies in Doña Ana County
The five cities the FBI lists in Doña Ana County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Las Cruces: 2,631 arrests reported for 2024. The Las Cruces police records page is at lascruces.gov/safety/police-department/lcpd-transparency/records-se..., phone 575-528-4128 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Sunland Park: 52 violent and 112 property crimes reported for 2025; 196 arrests reported for 2025. The Sunland Park police department's page is at sunlandpark-nm.gov/departments/police-department, phone 575-526-0795 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Anthony: 102 arrests reported for 2024. The Anthony police department's page is at cityofanthonynm.gov/m/directory/department?did=14, phone 575-882-2769 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Mesilla: 27 arrests reported for 2022.
- Hatch: 2 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2025; 58 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.
How Many Reports: Doña Ana County in 2025
The three agencies in Doña Ana County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 333 violent and 1,013 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the three agencies in Doña Ana County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 928 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Inspection of Public Records Act Requires
The Inspection of Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days, at a charge of copying at no more than $1 a page, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at donaana.gov/departments/administration/legal_risk_department/reques... (page title: Dona Ana County, NM).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (575) 524-6370, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Doña Ana County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Inspection of Public Records Act the answer is due within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days.
How long does an agency in Doña Ana County have to answer?
Under the Inspection of Public Records Act, within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days. It may charge copying at no more than $1 a page.
How do I get a report from the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Inspection of Public Records Act the answer is due within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days.
Is this the official Doña Ana 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.