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 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Sumner County, Tennessee, has about 212,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sumner County Sheriff's Office, six city agencies and two campus, state or other agencies. 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 District Attorney General files charges, a case in the Sumner County Circuit and Chancery Courts. 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: Sumner County public records, Tennessee arrest records, Tennessee inmate search and Tennessee criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sumner County
The Sumner County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sumner County. It reported 3,377 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists six cities in Sumner County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Hendersonville, 63,947 residents: 1,149 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gallatin, 52,489 residents: 1,831 arrests reported for 2025.
- White House, 16,463 residents: 283 arrests reported for 2025.
- Portland, 13,651 residents: 447 arrests reported for 2025.
- Millersville, 6,427 residents: 161 arrests reported for 2025.
- Westmoreland, 2,885 residents: 62 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.
The Goodlettsville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Sumner County, so its arrests are not broken out for Sumner County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Sumner County: Drug Task Force's 18th Judicial District (other); Volunteer State Community College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Sumner County
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.
- Sumner County Sheriff's Office: 3,377 for 2025, 3,944 for 2024, 3,831 for 2023, 3,210 for 2022, 4,054 for 2021 and 3,426 for 2020.
- Gallatin: 1,831 for 2025, 1,879 for 2024, 1,993 for 2023, 2,151 for 2022, 2,095 for 2021 and 2,027 for 2020.
- Hendersonville: 1,149 for 2025, 1,358 for 2024, 1,344 for 2023, 1,413 for 2022, 1,046 for 2021 and 1,158 for 2020.
- Portland: 447 for 2025, 361 for 2024, 433 for 2023, 486 for 2022, 517 for 2021 and 563 for 2020.
- White House: 283 for 2025, 314 for 2024, 449 for 2023, 473 for 2022, 499 for 2021 and 495 for 2020.
- Millersville: 161 for 2025, 124 for 2024, 181 for 2023, 162 for 2022, 89 for 2021 and 248 for 2020.
- Westmoreland: 62 for 2025, 60 for 2024, 69 for 2023, 69 for 2022, 56 for 2021 and 44 for 2020.
Together, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,310 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 7,310 in 2025 against 8,040 in 2024, down 9.1 percent.
Through August 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 4,838 arrests, against 5,070 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sumner County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Sumner County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 760 people, down from about 870 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 956 beds, and it ran at 79 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 Sumner County Sheriff's Office at sumnersherifftn.gov/inmates (page title: Inmates | Sumner County Sheriff's Office, TN), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Tennessee Department of Correction lists its inmates at foil.app.tn.gov/foil/search.jsp.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Sumner County
For Sumner County the place to look is the case index of the Sumner County Circuit and Chancery Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at sumnercountytn.gov/departments/courts, phone 615-452-4367).
Tennessee is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: TORIS lets anyone run a name-based criminal history search online, for $29 a search, through the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. 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 Sumner County
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 Tennessee Public Records Act the agency must answer within 7 business days, and it may charge copying, and labor after the first hour.
- An arrest by the Sumner County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Hendersonville, Gallatin, White House, Portland, Millersville or Westmoreland: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Drug Task Force's 18th Judicial District or Volunteer State Community College: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Sumner County Circuit and Chancery Courts, through the court records page at sumnercountytn.gov/departments/courts, phone 615-452-4367.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sumnercountytn.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Sumner County, TN Government).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Sumner County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for six of the seven cities in Sumner County: Hendersonville, Gallatin, White House, Portland, Millersville and Westmoreland. Mitchellville has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Sumner County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Sumner County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Gallatin (52,489)
- Portland (13,651)
- Millersville (6,427)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sumner County each year?
The Sumner County Sheriff's Office reported 3,377 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the seven agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 7,310 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sumner County?
Ask the Sumner County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sumnersherifftn.gov/inmates.
Where are people arrested in Sumner County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sumner County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sumner County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation: TORIS lets anyone run a name-based criminal history search online, for $29. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Tennessee Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Sumner County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sumner County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sumnercountytn.gov.
Is this the official Sumner 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.