Harrison County Police Records Search

Harrison County police records are maintained by the Harrison County Sheriff's Department in Corydon, Indiana. Incident reports, arrest logs, and other public safety records are available to any person under Indiana's Access to Public Records Act. You can request records by phone, email, mail, or in person at the department's office on Gardner Lane.

Harrison County Sheriff's Department

The Harrison County Sheriff's Department is the main law enforcement agency for the county and holds police records for incidents throughout Harrison County. The department is located at 1445 Gardner Lane NW, Suite 1000, Corydon, IN 47112. General office hours run 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The main line is (812) 738-2195. For matters involving investigations, you can also reach Chief Deputy Brad Rothrock at 812-267-7968. For records-related questions by email, use nick.smith@harrisoncounty.in.gov.

The department's page on the Indiana sheriffs website at in.gov/sheriffs/harrison provides department information, contact details, and links to services. That page is maintained by the state and is one of the more reliable places to confirm current office hours and staff contacts.

The department serves a county with nearly 40,000 residents in a largely rural area south of Louisville near the Ohio River. For law enforcement purposes, the sheriff's department covers unincorporated areas of the county. The Corydon Police Department handles incidents within the town itself. For incidents that happened inside city limits, contact that city's department before reaching out to the sheriff.

For non-emergency matters, the main office line is the right place to start. Records staff can help you confirm which documents the office holds and what the process looks like for your specific request type. Calling ahead before a visit is always a good idea.

How to Request Harrison County Police Records

Harrison County uses a written request process for public records. You can submit by email, mail, phone, or in person during business hours. The Harrison County Sheriff contact page provides the details you need to reach the right staff member for your request.

Mail requests go to 1445 Gardner Lane NW, Suite 1000, Corydon, IN 47112. Written requests start the 7-day APRA clock. Under Indiana Code IC 5-14-3, any public agency that fails to respond within 7 days is treated as having denied the request. If that happens, you can escalate to the Indiana Public Access Counselor at in.gov/pac.

In-person visits can be faster for straightforward requests. Bring a photo ID and as much information as you have about the incident: the date, location, case number if you have it, and names involved. Incomplete requests take longer to process and may lead to partial responses.

Note: Records involving juveniles and records from open investigations are exempt from public release under IC 5-14-3-4 and cannot be provided regardless of the method used to request them.

Inmate Search and Warrant Lookup

For jail population data and custody status, contact the Harrison County Sheriff's Department during regular business hours at (812) 738-2195. The office can tell you whether someone is currently in custody at the county jail and when they were booked.

Warrant checks work the same way. Call during business hours and ask the records staff to run a check for a specific person. Have a full legal name and date of birth ready. That information allows staff to run an accurate search without extra back-and-forth.

Indiana's VINE system is also available for custody monitoring. Call 866-959-8463 to check the status of anyone held at the Harrison County jail. You can register for automated alerts that notify you when a person's custody status changes. This service is free and runs around the clock statewide.

State-Level Police Records for Harrison County

State tools are helpful when you need records from multiple Indiana counties or from the Indiana State Police district that covers southern Indiana. The ISP criminal history portal lets you run a statewide Limited Criminal History search for $15.70 by credit card or $7 by mail. The search covers felonies and Class A misdemeanor arrests reported to the state's central repository under Indiana Code IC 10-13-2.

Traffic accident reports from Harrison County are available through BuyCrash.com. You need the date of the crash and the names of parties involved to pull a report. For formal requests to the Indiana State Police, use the ISP APRA portal. The Indiana Sex Offender Registry is free and searchable by county. Court records from Harrison County Superior and Circuit Courts are searchable at no cost through MyCase Indiana.

Body Camera Footage and Crash Reports

Body camera and dashboard footage falls under Indiana Code IC 5-14-3-5.1 and 5.2, which set specific rules for how agencies handle recording requests. Footage is a law enforcement record, but the process is more involved than a standard incident report request. You must provide the date, approximate time, location, and the name of at least one non-officer involved in the recorded event.

Agencies can charge up to $150 for redaction work. Some footage may be withheld if it involves juveniles, active investigations, or if release would create a risk of harm or interfere with a fair trial. Indiana law requires recordings to be kept for at least 190 days, so act quickly if you need footage from a past event. The Harrison County Sheriff's Department handles these requests through the same APRA process as other records.

Crash reports are handled separately. All Indiana crash reports are submitted to a central database and available through BuyCrash.com. A small fee applies per report. You need the date of the crash and the names of the parties involved to locate the right report in the system.

Nearby Counties

Harrison County sits in southern Indiana near the Kentucky border and shares boundaries with several neighboring counties.