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 on September 23, 2026.
Swisher County, Texas, has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Swisher County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one other agency. 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 files charges, a case in the Swisher County District Court. 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: Swisher County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Swisher County
The Swisher County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Swisher County. It reported 9 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Swisher County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Tulia, 4,360 residents: 56 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Swisher County: the Tulia Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Swisher County
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.
- Tulia: 56 for 2024, 179 for 2023, 154 for 2022, 169 for 2021, 72 for 2020 and 90 for 2019.
- Swisher County Sheriff's Office: 9 for 2025, 13 for 2024, 7 for 2023, 12 for 2022, 10 for 2021 and 22 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 69 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 69 in 2024 against 186 in 2023, down 63 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Swisher County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Swisher County 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 11 people on an average day, up from about 9 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 27 beds, and it is running at 41 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Swisher County Sheriff's Office at co.swisher.tx.us/page/swisher.Sheriff (page title: Swisher County, Texas), phone 806-995-3326, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Swisher County
Whether someone was arrested in Swisher County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Swisher County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.swisher.tx.us/page/swisher.County.Clerk, phone 806-995-3294); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.swisher.tx.us/page/swisher.County.Attorney, phone 806-995-3505).
Texas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Conviction Database search lets anyone look up convictions and deferred adjudications by name, for $3 a search, through the Texas Department of Public Safety. 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 Swisher 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 Texas Public Information Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, and it may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests.
- An arrest by the Swisher County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 806-995-3326.
- An arrest in Tulia: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Tulia Independent School District: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 806-995-3505, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Swisher County District Court, through the court records page at co.swisher.tx.us/page/swisher.County.Clerk, phone 806-995-3294.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Swisher County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Swisher County: Tulia. Happy and Kress have 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 Swisher County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Swisher County each year?
Tulia reported 56 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the two agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 69 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Swisher County?
Ask the Swisher County Sheriff's Office at 806-995-3326; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.swisher.tx.us/page/swisher.Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Swisher County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Swisher County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Swisher County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Texas Department of Public Safety: the Conviction Database search lets anyone look up convictions and deferred adjudications by name, for $3. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Texas Public Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Swisher County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Swisher 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.
Is this the official Swisher 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.