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 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, has about 276,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Cumberland County depends on where the incident happened: the Cumberland 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 Right-to-Know Law 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.
Related guides: Cumberland County public records, Cumberland County arrest records, Cumberland County warrants, Cumberland County inmate search, Cumberland County property records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Cumberland County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Cumberland County that is the Cumberland 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 places the Cumberland County State Police in Cumberland County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's agency list also places three campus police departments, five state agencies and three other agencies in Cumberland County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 26 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at inmates.cumberlandcounty.revize.com/bookings (page title: Inmate Locator | Cumberland_County_ME_Inmates_App), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Reports from the City Agencies in Cumberland County
The seven cities the FBI lists in Cumberland County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Carlisle: 40 violent and 247 property crimes reported for 2025; 712 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mechanicsburg: 10 violent and 97 property crimes reported for 2025; 216 arrests reported for 2025.
- Camp Hill: 4 violent and 35 property crimes reported for 2025; 130 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Cumberland: 6 violent and 60 property crimes reported for 2025; 49 arrests reported for 2025.
- Shippensburg: 2 violent and 38 property crimes reported for 2025; 86 arrests reported for 2025. The Shippensburg police department's page is at borough.shippensburg.pa.us/Departments/Police, phone 717-532-2147 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Mount Holly Springs: 27 arrests reported for 2024.
- Shiremanstown: 9 arrests reported for 2024.
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: Cumberland County in 2025
The 14 agencies in Cumberland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 141 violent and 1,439 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 14 agencies in Cumberland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,379 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Right-to-Know Law Requires
Under the Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer a request within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at cumberlandcountypa.gov/3156/Open-Records-Office (page title: Open Records Office | Cumberland County, PA).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Cumberland County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
How long does an agency in Cumberland County have to answer?
Under the Right-to-Know Law, within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension. It may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in Cumberland County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Cumberland County State Police in Cumberland County.
How do I get a report from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
Is this the official Cumberland 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.