Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Cody, Wyoming, in Park County, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Park County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Cody public records, Park County arrest records, Wyoming arrest records and Wyoming inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Cody
The FBI lists Cody with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Cody Police Department. It reported 248 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Park County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 88 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Cody Reports
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.
- Cody: 248 for 2025, 249 for 2024, 300 for 2023, 330 for 2022, 488 for 2021 and 448 for 2020.
Cody's 248 arrests in 2025 were down 0.4 percent from 249 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Cody reported 160 arrests, against 146 in the same months of 2025.
Across Park County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 448 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cody Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cody 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.
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 33 people, down from about 62 in 2017. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Park County Sheriff's Office at parkcounty.citizenrims.com/incarcerated-people (page title: Park County Sheriff's Office | Incarcerated People | CitizenRIMS), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Wyoming Department of Corrections lists its inmates at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Cody
Whether someone was arrested in Cody, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the District Court for Park County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at parkcounty-wy.gov/district-court-clerk, phone 307-527-8690); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at parkcounty-wy.gov/county-attorney, phone 307-527-8660).
Wyoming does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Cody
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 Wyoming Public Records Act the agency must answer within 30 days at most, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Cody police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at codywy.gov/399/Forms (page title: Forms | Cody, WY), phone (307) 527-8720, 1402 River View Dr Cody, WY 82414-3127, Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Park County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 307-527-8660, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Park County, through the court records page at parkcounty-wy.gov/district-court-clerk, phone 307-527-8690.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
The Park County guide covers every agency in the county: Park County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cody each year?
Cody reported 248 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cody?
Ask the Park County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at parkcounty.citizenrims.com.
Where are people arrested in Cody booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Park County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cody?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Park County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Wyoming Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Cody?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cody police for its own arrests, the Park County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Wyoming Public Records Act the answer is due within 30 days at most.
Is this the official Cody website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.