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 1, 2026.
Rusk County, Texas, has about 53,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Rusk County depends on where the incident happened: the Rusk 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 Texas Public Information 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 Rusk 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 Rusk County that is the Rusk 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 agency list also places six other agencies in Rusk County, each with a records office of its own.
The Kilgore Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Rusk County, so its arrests are not broken out for Rusk County here.
Reports from the Rusk County Sheriff's Office
The Rusk County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 75 violent and 214 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 224 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at cjtexas.org/CORRECTIONS/COUNTY/RUSK-COUNTY-CORRECTIONS (page title: Rusk County Corrections), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Rusk County
The five cities the FBI lists in Rusk County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Henderson: 40 violent and 296 property crimes reported for 2025; 412 arrests reported for 2025.
- Overton: 8 violent and 25 property crimes reported for 2025; 58 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tatum: 1 violent and 9 property crimes reported for 2025; 13 arrests reported for 2025.
- New London: 1 violent and 2 property crimes reported for 2025; 3 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mount Enterprise: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 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: Rusk County in 2025
The six agencies in Rusk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 125 violent and 546 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the six agencies in Rusk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 710 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Texas Public Information Act Requires
The Texas Public Information Act sets the rules: an answer within 10 business days, at a charge of the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests, from the agency that holds the report.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Rusk County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Rusk County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
How long does an agency in Rusk County have to answer?
Under the Texas Public Information Act, within 10 business days. It may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests.
How do I get a report from the Rusk County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official Rusk 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.