Little Rock Booking Reports

Little Rock booking reports are created when the Little Rock Police Department or another agency arrests a person inside the city. Every arrest in Little Rock goes to the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility for booking, since Little Rock sits in Pulaski County. You can search the sheriff's online inmate roster at pcso.org to look up a recent Little Rock arrest by name, charge, or booking date. Older records come from the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office records division at 2900 S. Woodrow.

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Little Rock Booking Overview

Pulaski County
1,200+ Jail Population
501 Area Code
Capital of Arkansas

Where Little Rock Booking Reports Are Held

Little Rock is the state capital and the largest city in Arkansas. It sits entirely within Pulaski County. That matters for anyone looking up Little Rock booking reports. City police do not run their own jail. Every Little Rock arrest, whether by the city police or by sheriff's deputies, is taken to the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility on West Roosevelt Road for booking.

The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office holds the master booking file. The Little Rock Police Department keeps its own incident and arrest reports at 700 W Markham St, but the jail-side record of intake, mugshot, and bond amount lives with the county. When people ask for a "Little Rock booking report," they usually mean the Pulaski County roster entry tied to the city police arrest.

This is the same setup used by other Pulaski County cities like North Little Rock, Jacksonville, and Maumelle. One county jail, one roster, many arresting agencies feeding it. It makes the search easier in a way, since you only need one online tool.

The City of Little Rock website links out to police department contact info, crime stats, and public records request forms for Little Rock booking reports tied to incident and offense files.

Little Rock city government portal for booking reports

City records reach residents through Freedom of Information Act requests filed with the Little Rock Police Department Records Division or the city clerk.

Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility

The detention facility is at 3201 West Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204. Phone is (501) 340-7001. It opened in 1994. It is the largest county jail in Arkansas. More than 1,200 detainees are held there daily. The facility processes bookings for every arresting agency in Pulaski County, so Little Rock Police Department arrests end up here along with sheriff cases and other cities.

The booking process covers searching, fingerprinting, photographing, a change of clothes, and a housing cell block assignment. Each person booked gets a booking number and a mugshot. The Court Liaison Office inside the facility coordinates with more than 30 district, circuit, and federal courts. It makes sure every booked person is seen within the time frame the law requires.

To pull a mugshot, mail your request to Pulaski County Detention Facility, 3201 West Roosevelt, Little Rock, AR 72204, Attention: Media Relations - Inmate Mugshot Request. You can also call 501-340-7001. Some mugshots come back free with inspection. Certified copies carry a small fee.

Note: Little Rock booking reports typically appear on the online Pulaski County roster within 24 hours of intake. If your search comes up empty, call the detention line at (501) 340-7001.

The Pulaski County detention page is the online home for Little Rock booking reports. The roster is free and searchable by name, charge, booking date, or race.

Pulaski County detention inmate roster for Little Rock booking reports

Each entry shows mugshot, arrest date, arresting agency, charges, bond type, and bond amount.

The Little Rock Police Department is at 700 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR 72201. It is the largest municipal police force in Arkansas. LRPD handles all policing inside the city limits. That includes traffic enforcement, community policing, violent crime investigations, and drug cases. LRPD files its incident and offense reports with its own records division. Those reports are requestable under the Arkansas FOIA at Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101.

To request a police report from LRPD, submit a written FOIA request to the records division with the incident number, date, time, and location. Fees for plain copies run about $0.25 per page. Certified copies cost more. The city clerk handles a wider range of FOIA requests for things like 911 audio, body-worn camera video, and departmental policies.

For a booking report, though, you still need the Pulaski County Sheriff. LRPD hands off arrestees to the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility, and the booking record is created there. You can ask LRPD for the arrest report and ask the sheriff for the booking record. They overlap but are not identical.

FOIA for Little Rock Booking Reports

Most Little Rock booking reports are public under the Arkansas FOIA. You don't have to give a reason for your request. You don't have to be a party to the case. You do have to be a citizen of Arkansas. The custodian has three business days to respond in writing.

For the booking file, send an FOIA request to the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office Records Division, 2900 S. Woodrow, Little Rock, AR 72201. Include the subject's full legal name, date of birth, approximate date of arrest, and the type of record you want. For the police incident or arrest report, send the same info to the LRPD Records Division. Some records require both agencies to process a full picture.

Exemptions apply. Juvenile records are closed under Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309. Records of active investigations stay closed while the case is open. Victim identities in sexual assault cases are redacted. Medical and mental health info is not public. Everything else tends to come out unless a specific statute says otherwise.

State Resources for Little Rock Arrests

Several state tools tie into Little Rock booking reports. The Arkansas Criminal History (ARCH) system runs $24 name-based searches. ARCH pulls felony and misdemeanor convictions plus open felony arrests under three years old. It is online only. Use a credit or debit card.

The Arkansas Crime Information Center at 322 S. Main Street, Ste. 615, Little Rock, AR 72201 is the parent agency. Phone is (501) 682-2222. ACIC also runs the sex offender registry and stores the state's criminal history data under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-201.

The Arkansas State Police Criminal Background Check at cbc.ark.org is another path. It requires written consent from the subject of the check. Costs are $22 per Arkansas name search, $13 for FBI fingerprint checks. Mail-ins are $25. The CourtConnect portal covers the Little Rock District Court and the Pulaski County Circuit Court. It's free.

Misuse Penalty: Using Little Rock booking reports or ACIC criminal history for a purpose not stated in the request is a Class A misdemeanor under Arkansas law.

Nearby Cities for Booking Reports

Other Pulaski County cities use the same detention facility. Pick a city below to see its local contacts and records details.

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