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 2023. 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 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Wappingers Falls, New York, in Dutchess County, has about 6,100 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 Dutchess County Supreme and County Courts. 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: Wappingers Falls public records, Dutchess County arrest records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Wappingers Falls
The FBI lists Wappingers Falls with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Wappingers Falls Village Police Department. It reported 98 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year. 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 Dutchess County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 488 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Wappingers Falls 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.
- Wappingers Falls: 98 for 2023 and 97 for 2022.
Wappingers Falls's 98 arrests in 2023 were up 1 percent from 97 in 2022.
Across Dutchess County, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,164 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wappingers Falls Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wappingers Falls 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 230 people on an average day, down from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 294 beds, and it ran at 60 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 Dutchess County Sheriff's Office at dutchessny.gov/Departments/Jail/dutchess-county-jail.htm (page title: Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center), phone 845-486-3900, 150 North Hamilton St. Poughkeepsie NY 12601, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, whose inmate locator is at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Wappingers Falls
An arrest in Wappingers Falls can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Dutchess County Supreme and County Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at dutchessny.gov/Departments/County-Clerk/document-search.htm); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at dutchessny.gov/Departments/District-Attorney/District-Attorney.htm, phone 845-486-2300).
Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
New York is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, for $95 a search, through the New York State Office of Court Administration. 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 Wappingers Falls
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 Freedom of Information Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Wappingers Falls police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at wappingersfallspolice.org/copy-of-child-passenger-safety (page title: Report Request Form | Wappingers Falls PD), phone (845) 297-9174, 2628 South Avenue Wappingers Falls, NY 12590, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 845-486-3900.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 845-486-2300, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Dutchess County Supreme and County Courts, through the court records page at dutchessny.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at dutchessny.gov (page title: Public Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The Dutchess County guide covers every agency in the county: Dutchess County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wappingers Falls each year?
Wappingers Falls reported 98 arrests to the FBI for 2023, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wappingers Falls?
Ask the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office at 845-486-3900; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at dutchessny.gov.
Where are people arrested in Wappingers Falls booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wappingers Falls?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the New York State Office of Court Administration: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, for $95. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Freedom of Information Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Wappingers Falls?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wappingers Falls police for its own arrests, the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Freedom of Information Law the answer is due within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at dutchessny.gov.
Is this the official Wappingers Falls 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.