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 between September 24, 2026 and September 27, 2026.
Laramie County, Wyoming, has about 102,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Laramie County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one state 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 Laramie 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: Laramie County public records, Wyoming arrest records, Wyoming inmate search and Wyoming criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Laramie County
The Laramie County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Laramie County. It reported 862 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Cheyenne, 65,704 residents: 1,692 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pine Bluffs, 1,111 residents: 20 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Laramie County: Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Laramie 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.
- Cheyenne: 1,692 for 2025, 2,012 for 2024, 1,806 for 2023, 1,515 for 2022, 1,132 for 2021 and 3,926 for 2020.
- Laramie County Sheriff's Office: 862 for 2025, 602 for 2023, 403 for 2022, 400 for 2021 and 848 for 2020; 2024 is missing months.
- Pine Bluffs: 20 for 2025, 18 for 2024, 5 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 19 for 2021 and 12 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,574 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,712 in 2025 against 2,030 in 2024, down 16 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,637 arrests, against 1,480 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Laramie County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Laramie 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 230 people, down from about 290 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 435 beds, and it ran at 53 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Laramie County Sheriff's Office at laramiecountywy.gov/County-Government/Elected-Officials/Laramie-Cou... (page title: Laramie County Sheriff's Office | Laramie County, Wyoming), phone 307-633-4700, Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 27, 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 Laramie County
An arrest in Laramie County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for Laramie County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at laramiecountywy.gov/County-Government/Elected-Officials/County-Cler..., phone 307-633-4264); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at laramiecountywy.gov/County-Government/County-Departments/County-Att..., phone 307-633-4360).
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 Laramie 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 Laramie County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 307-633-4700.
- An arrest in Cheyenne or Pine Bluffs: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 307-633-4360, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Laramie County, through the court records page at laramiecountywy.gov, phone 307-633-4264.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at laramiecountywy.gov (page title: Public Records Information Requests | Laramie County, Wyoming).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Laramie County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Laramie County: Cheyenne and Pine Bluffs. Burns and Albin 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 District Court for Laramie County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Laramie County each year?
Cheyenne reported 1,692 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,574 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Laramie County?
Ask the Laramie County Sheriff's Office at 307-633-4700; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at laramiecountywy.gov.
Where are people arrested in Laramie County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Laramie County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Laramie County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Laramie 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 Laramie County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Laramie 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at laramiecountywy.gov.
Is this the official Laramie 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.