The police of Sumner County, TN, can only procure an arrest warrant by approaching the criminal chapter of the local circuit or district court or any other branch of the judiciary that is authorized to preside on cases of a criminal nature. Once a warrant is issued, it is served by the sheriff’s department, so not only the issuing court but also the police have a detailed account of all arrest records from the area.
So, if you are looking for information on active arrest warrants, try the Sherriff’s Office first. They are located at 117 W Smith St, Gallatin, Tennessee 37066.
You may also want to try the county clerk’s office. They are the official maintainers of the court dockets; these are nothing but case records, and they are created for all civil and criminal matters that pass through the judiciary.
So, you can easily find information on an outstanding warrant if you have the name of your subject. You can reach the clerk of court’s office by driving to their Main Office at 3258 Highway 126, Suite 101, Blountville, TN 37617.
Then, there is the magistrate’s office; they issue the warrant, so they are bound to maintain a log of all arrest orders handed out by them. They are located at 200 Courthouse, Gallatin, TN 37066.
Can you access the Sumner County warrant list and arrest records over the phone? (Current in 2021)
- To learn about recent arrests, contact the Sumner County Jail Bookings at (615) 442-1879.
- To request arrest records and other jail records, call (615) 442-1829.
- To inquire about inmate services, including visitation, contact Jail Information at (615) 442-1813.
- To learn about an inmate’s release date, court dates, and bonding-related information, call (615) 442-1828.
- To get a juvenile inmate search done, contact the Juvenile Detention Office at (615) 442-1823.
- To inquire about a criminal case, call the Criminal Investigations Unit at (615) 442-1834.
- To get general information and to report a crime, use the non-emergency dispatch phone number- (615) 452-2616.
- To initiate a warrant search, call the Criminal Warrants Clerk at (615) 442-1825/1844.
- To get information on civil warrants (bench warrants), call the Civil Warrants Clerk at (615) 442-1826.
- To get help and information for victims, contact the District Attorney at (615) 451-5810.
- To get information on how to do a criminal case search, contact the Clerk of Court at (615) 451-3209.
Crime Statistics of Sumner County
The Sheriff’s Office of Sumner County handled approximately 80 criminal matters in 2019. Of the complaints filed, more than 70 were against property crimes while the rest were against violent crimes.
Instances of larceny-theft had the highest occurrence rate at more than 40 complaints/annum while burglary cases came in a close second with approximately 30 cases filed yearly against such crimes.
A look at the criminal activity in Sumner County, TN over the ten-year interval starting in1999 and ending in 2008 shows that there has been an average increase of 30 % in the number of complaints filed in the area. At the time of writing this article, Sumner had an annual crime rate of almost 4000, of which over 20 incidents were homicide-related, and almost 400 were sexual assault cases.