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 24, 2026.
Johnson County, Wyoming, has about 8,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Johnson County. 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: Johnson County public records, Wyoming arrest records, Wyoming inmate search and Wyoming criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Johnson County
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Johnson County. It reported 72 arrests for 2025.
One city in Johnson County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Buffalo, 4,655 residents: 119 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Johnson 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.
- Buffalo: 119 for 2025, 89 for 2024, 129 for 2023, 142 for 2022, 92 for 2021 and 278 for 2020.
- Johnson County Sheriff's Office: 72 for 2025, 104 for 2023, 94 for 2021, 196 for 2020 and 201 for 2019; 2022 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 191 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 119 in 2025 against 89 in 2024, up 34 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 104 arrests, against 118 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Johnson County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Johnson 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.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 26 people, up from about 21 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 56 beds, and it ran at 38 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Johnson County
Whether someone was arrested in Johnson County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the District Court for Johnson County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at wyocomet.wyo.gov/repositories/2/resources/1305, phone (307) 777-7826); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at johnsoncowy.gov/departments/attorney, phone (307) 684-5528).
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 Johnson 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 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 Johnson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Buffalo: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (307) 684-5528, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Johnson County, through the court records page at wyocomet.wyo.gov, phone (307) 777-7826.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Johnson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Johnson County: Buffalo. Kaycee 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 District Court for Johnson County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Johnson County each year?
Buffalo reported 119 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 191 between them.
Where are people arrested in Johnson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Johnson County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Johnson 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 Johnson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Johnson County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Wyoming Public Records Act the answer is due within 30 days at most.
Is this the official Johnson 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.