Access Fountain Booking Reports
Booking reports for Fountain are held by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. Fountain is a growing city in southern El Paso County, located just south of Colorado Springs along I-25. The Fountain Police Department handles law enforcement within city limits, but booking takes place at the El Paso County jail. The county sheriff creates the booking report and stores it as a public record. This page explains where to find booking data for Fountain arrests and how Colorado law protects your right to see these records.
Fountain Quick Facts
El Paso County Books Fountain Arrests
Fountain sits entirely in El Paso County, the most populous county in Colorado. All arrests made by Fountain police go to the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center for booking. The jail is in Colorado Springs, roughly 15 miles north of Fountain. It is a large facility that handles thousands of bookings each year from cities across the county. Fountain arrests are a regular part of the intake.
When someone is arrested in Fountain, the officer transports the person to the El Paso County jail. Booking staff there take fingerprints, capture a booking photo, and record all arrest details into the county database. The result is a booking report. That report becomes a public record at the time of creation. The El Paso County Sheriff holds it and is responsible for giving the public access to it. The Fountain Police Department does not keep the booking report itself, only its own internal arrest records.
The El Paso County Criminal Justice Center also processes bookings from Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, Monument, and unincorporated parts of the county. It is one of the busier jails in the state. Fountain bookings get mixed in with the rest, so when you search for a Fountain arrest, you are searching the same database as everyone else in El Paso County.
Search Fountain Booking Records Online
The El Paso County Sheriff has an online inmate search at epcsheriffsoffice.com/services/search-for-inmates. You can search by name to find current inmates at the El Paso County jail. The tool is free. Results show the person's name, charges, booking date, and bond information. This is the first place to look when you need booking data from a Fountain arrest.
The online search covers active inmates only. Once someone is released from the El Paso County jail, they drop off the active list. For past booking records from Fountain, call the El Paso County Sheriff at 719-390-2000. The records team can search the database for older bookings by name. They may need a date of birth or approximate arrest date to narrow the results. Expect a short wait during busy times.
Note: The inmate search tool works best on a desktop or laptop. Some mobile browsers may have formatting issues with the results page.
Colorado Statewide Booking Search
If the El Paso County inmate search does not have what you need, try the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's criminal history check. The CBI tool at cbirecordscheck.com costs $6.85 per search and covers all of Colorado. It pulls arrest and booking data from every county, including El Paso. For Fountain arrests, the CBI check can find records that are no longer in the active inmate system.
The CBI collects booking data from every sheriff in the state. When someone is booked at the El Paso County jail after a Fountain arrest, that data feeds into the CBI's central database. Under C.R.S. 24-72-302, arrest records must include the person's name, charges, and the date and place of arrest. The CBI check returns this information along with any dispositions that have been reported. It is a more complete search than the county tool alone.
You can also check the Colorado Department of Corrections offender search at doc.state.co.us/oss if you think the person may have been transferred from the county jail to state prison. That search is free and shows current and past CDOC inmates. For most Fountain booking reports though, the El Paso County search and CBI check are the two best options.
Fountain Inmate Notifications
VINE is a free notification service that tracks inmates at the El Paso County jail. Register at vinelink.com and select Colorado. Search for the person by name, then sign up for alerts. You will get notified by phone, email, or text when the person is released, moved, or has any custody change. The system works around the clock. The toll-free VINE phone number is 1-888-263-8463.
Anyone can use VINE. You do not need to be a victim or a party in the case. Fountain residents often use it to keep track of when someone gets out of the El Paso County jail. The alerts come fast. VINE gets real-time updates from the jail, so you will know about a release within minutes of it happening. It is the most reliable way to stay informed without calling the jail over and over.
Booking Report Access for Fountain
Colorado law makes booking reports public. The Criminal Justice Records Act at C.R.S. 24-72-301 et seq. says that records of official actions by criminal justice agencies must be open for inspection. The El Paso County Sheriff must respond to booking report requests within 3 working days. They can take 7 more days for large or complex requests. The first hour of staff time is free, and after that fees can be up to $41.37 per hour. Paper copies cost $0.25 each.
Booking photos from Fountain arrests are public under C.R.S. 24-72-305.5. But it is a misdemeanor in Colorado to post booking photos online and then charge the person a fee to have them removed. The fine is up to $1,000. This law applies to all booking photos taken at the El Paso County jail, including those from Fountain arrests. Records that have been sealed by court order or through the CBI's automatic process will not appear in any search or be available through a records request.
To request a Fountain booking report, call the El Paso County Sheriff at 719-390-2000. Give them the person's full name, date of birth, and the date of the arrest. A written request works too. You will need to sign a statement that you will not use the records for direct solicitation of business for monetary gain.
Note: If the El Paso County Sheriff denies your request, you can challenge the denial in court or contact the Colorado Attorney General for guidance.
Nearby Cities
These cities are near Fountain along the I-25 corridor in southern Colorado.