Arrest Records in Faulkner County
An arrest in Faulkner County can begin with the Sheriff's Office, Conway Police Department, Greenbrier Police Department, Vilonia Police Department, Arkansas State Police, campus police, or another agency with arrest authority. The arresting agency creates the incident or arrest report. If the person is taken to the Faulkner County Detention Center, the jail creates a booking entry that may appear in the Sheriff's public inmate roster.
The record trail can then move to court. Once prosecutors file charges, the case can appear in Circuit Court or District Court and become searchable through Search ARCourts. Fingerprints and dispositions may also flow to Arkansas Department of Public Safety - Arkansas Crime Information Center systems, but the state repository is not the same thing as a jail booking or a court case file.
The Sheriff's current inmate roster is shown in the Faulkner County Sheriff roster source.
The roster image ties the arrest search to custody status, which is only one part of the full Faulkner County arrest record trail.
Faulkner County Current Inmates
The Faulkner County Sheriff inmate roster is the best public starting point for recent custody. The roster can be sorted by booking time and shows current inmates. The Sheriff's disclaimer path also points users to current inmates and a 48-hour release list. For someone trying to locate a person after an arrest, those two roster views are more useful than a broad web search.
Roster records are not certified court records. The Sheriff's disclaimer says the information is collected from public sources for convenience and that the Sheriff's Office and Detention Center cannot certify accuracy or authenticity. Treat the roster as a lead. Confirm court outcomes through Search ARCourts and official copies through the filing court.
The roster disclaimer is documented in the Sheriff inmate roster disclaimer source.
The disclaimer matters because an arrest search can find public data without producing a certified criminal-history record.
Faulkner County Arrest Lookups
A complete Faulkner County arrest lookup uses more than one channel. Jail records show custody. Police records show the arresting agency's report. Court records show filed charges and outcomes. State repository records are governed by Arkansas State Police and ACIC rules, including consent or subject-review limits depending on the channel used.
- Check the Sheriff inmate roster for current custody and the 48-hour release path for very recent releases.
- If the arrest was by Conway Police, call the Records Section at 501-450-6120 option 1 or use Conway JustFOIA for a police records request.
- Search ARCourts after charging to match the booking to a district or circuit court case number.
- Use Faulkner County FOIA or the Sheriff's FOIA channel when online records do not show the report or booking detail needed.
- For a state criminal-history product or correction, use Arkansas State Police or ACIC channels, not a county jail roster.
Faulkner County Sheriff's Office
801 Locust Ave.
Conway, AR 72034
501-450-4914
Bookings, jail records, Sheriff FOIA, and detention contacts.
County FOIA Requests
County Civil Attorney's Office
810 Faulkner Street, Conway
501-450-4900
NextRequest, phone, fax, in-person, and mail request routes.
Sheriff FOIA and NextRequest
Faulkner County has a countywide FOIA route and a Sheriff FOIA division link. The county records request page lists the NextRequest portal, telephone 501-450-4900, fax 501-450-4939, in-person delivery to the County Civil Attorney's Office at 810 Faulkner Street, and mail to Faulkner County Civil Attorney Division, 801 Locust Ave., Conway, AR 72034. It also links a county request form.
The Sheriff's site adds the law-enforcement side. It publishes current inmates, 48-hour releases, calls for service, press releases, sex offenders, most wanted, and a FOIA division menu item. Requests for incident reports, booking records, 911 or dispatch materials, and investigation files may be limited by Arkansas law. Active investigations, juvenile records, sealed records, victim information, and protected identifiers may be withheld or redacted.
The Sheriff's FOIA channel appears in the Faulkner County Sheriff FOIA source.
This source gives arrest-record searchers a formal request path when roster or court data is not enough.
Arrest Records: What They Contain
Faulkner County arrest records can contain different fields depending on whether the record comes from an arrest report, booking entry, court docket, or state repository. The Sheriff's roster can show current custody and booking details. A police report may include the incident number and arresting agency narrative. A court record can later show whether charges were filed and how each count ended.
| Arrest Date and Time | Shows when law enforcement took the person into custody or issued the arrest event. |
|---|---|
| Arresting Agency | Identifies the Sheriff's Office, Conway PD, another city police department, Arkansas State Police, or another agency. |
| Booking Date and Time | Shows jail intake when the person was booked into county custody. |
| Charges at Booking | Lists alleged offenses at intake; later court charges may differ. |
| Bond | Can show bond amount or bond status when available in the jail record. |
| Court and Case Number | Usually appears after filing, then points the search toward Search ARCourts or the clerk. |
| Release or Disposition | Release may appear in jail data; disposition belongs to the court or state repository trail. |
Conway PD Arrest Reports
Conway Police is the best-published city police records channel in Faulkner County. The official page lists headquarters at 1105 Prairie St., Conway, AR 72032, main phone 501-450-6120, and a Records Section at 501-450-6120 option 1. The listed records hours are Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For Conway arrests, start with Conway PD for the police report and then check the Sheriff's roster if the person was booked into county custody.
The Conway Police page also links forms and reports, including public reports, Conway JustFOIA, and crash reports through BuyCrash. Its Warrant Section is listed at 501-450-6120 option 3 on Fridays only, excluding holidays, 9:00 a.m. to noon. That warrant phone line is not a countywide active warrant search, but it is a real Conway-specific channel.
Conway Police records links are shown in the official Conway Police source.
The Conway page is important because city police reports do not automatically become complete county court or jail records.
Recent Faulkner County Bookings
Recent Faulkner County bookings are best checked through the Sheriff's inmate roster and the 48-hour release route. The roster is designed for current custody, while the release path covers people released within the last 48 hours. That makes it useful for a recent arrest search, but weak for older arrest history. Older arrests may require police records, court records, FOIA, or state repository review.
Absence from the roster proves very little. A person may have been released, booked under a different name format, cited without jail booking, held by another agency, transferred, or never charged. The roster can also lag or display only the fields the Sheriff publishes. Use the roster to locate a recent custody event, then use court and agency records to confirm what happened next.
Note: Do not treat roster photos or booking cards as a gallery; the official source is for custody information and verification leads.
JustFOIA and Crash Records
Conway JustFOIA is the official city portal linked from the Conway Police page for public-record requests. It is useful when an arrest or incident report is not available through a simple public report link. Requesters should describe the incident, date, location, report number if known, and the type of record sought. City staff may redact or withhold information that Arkansas law protects.
Crash reports are separate. Conway links BuyCrash for crash reports, which may matter when an arrest is tied to a traffic crash or DWI investigation. A crash portal is not an arrest search and will not show the whole criminal case. Use it only for the crash-report piece, then check Conway Police, the Sheriff roster, and Search ARCourts for the arrest and charge trail.
The Conway request portal is shown in the Conway JustFOIA source.
This portal supports formal Conway Police records requests when a public report or roster entry does not provide enough detail.
Arrest Records vs Conviction Records
An arrest record and a conviction record answer different questions. The arrest record shows that law enforcement took action and, if booked, that the jail created an intake record. A conviction record shows that a court entered a judgment of guilt. The same event may start as an arrest, lead to charges, end in dismissal, or result in a conviction. Each outcome leaves a different record trail.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by the arresting agency and jail booking process. | Created by the court after a finding or plea of guilt. |
| Shows custody, alleged offense, bond, and agency details. | Shows disposition, judgment, sentence, and court outcome. |
| Found through Sheriff roster, police records, and FOIA channels. | Found through Search ARCourts, clerks, and repository records. |
| Can end with release, no filing, dismissal, acquittal, or sealing eligibility. | Can lead to sentence, appeal, supervision, or later sealing eligibility. |
Note: An arrest is not proof of guilt, and many bookings never lead to a conviction.
Warrants and State Records
No single official Faulkner County active warrant search was located in the research. Use a fallback chain instead. For Conway matters, the Conway Police Warrant Section is published as 501-450-6120 option 3, Friday only from 9:00 a.m. to noon, excluding holidays. Greenbrier District Court and Vilonia District Court both state that they issue warrants and make judicial dispositions. Search ARCourts may show public warrant, capias, or failure-to-appear entries when they are part of a public case docket.
State repository records are another channel, but they are not free-form public people searches. Arkansas Criminal History Search / Online Criminal Background Check System rules run through Arkansas State Police and require authorized access or signed written consent for many uses. ACIC record review is the path for people who believe their own state criminal-history record is inaccurate. ACIC instructs people to obtain corrected court documentation when a disposition is wrong and have it sent to ACIC.
The crash-report vendor linked by Conway Police is shown in the BuyCrash source.
The image helps separate crash-report retrieval from arrest, warrant, jail, and court-record searches.