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 4, 2026.
Sumner County, Tennessee, has about 212,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Sumner County depends on where the incident happened: the Sumner 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 Tennessee 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 Sumner 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 Sumner County that is the Sumner 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 Drug Task Force's 18th Judicial District (other agency) and Volunteer State Community College (campus police), each with a records office of its own.
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.
Reports from the Sumner County Sheriff's Office
The Sumner County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 115 violent and 187 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 3,377 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at sumnersherifftn.gov/inmates (page title: Inmates | Sumner County Sheriff's Office, TN), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Sumner County
The six cities the FBI lists in Sumner County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Hendersonville: 90 violent and 400 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,149 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gallatin: 98 violent and 241 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,831 arrests reported for 2025. The Gallatin police records page is at gallatintn.gov/407/Police-Records, phone 615-452-8267 (verified September 25, 2026).
- White House: 27 violent and 135 property crimes reported for 2025; 283 arrests reported for 2025.
- Portland: 21 violent and 67 property crimes reported for 2025; 447 arrests reported for 2025. The Portland police department's page is at cityofportlandtn.gov/FormCenter/Police-12, phone 615-325-3434 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Millersville: 14 violent and 44 property crimes reported for 2025; 161 arrests reported for 2025.
- Westmoreland: 2 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 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.
How Many Reports: Sumner County in 2025
The seven agencies in Sumner County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 367 violent and 1,075 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the seven agencies in Sumner County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,310 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Tennessee Public Records Act Requires
Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the agency must answer a request within 7 business days, and it may charge copying, and labor after the first hour. 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 sumnercountytn.gov/information/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | Sumner County, TN Government).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Sumner County?
From the agency whose officer took it: 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.
How long does an agency in Sumner County have to answer?
Under the Tennessee Public Records Act, within 7 business days. It may charge copying, and labor after the first hour.
How do I get a report from the Sumner County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
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.