Find Parker Booking Reports

Parker booking reports are maintained by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Parker is a town in Douglas County, southeast of Denver, with a population of about 58,000. The Parker Police Department handles law enforcement within town limits, but all bookings from Parker arrests go through the Douglas County Detention Facility in Castle Rock. The county sheriff runs the jail and stores all booking records. This page covers how to search for those records online, what statewide tools are available, and how to submit a formal request for Parker booking information through the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Parker Police and Douglas County Jail

The Parker Police Department handles all law enforcement duties within the town. When someone is arrested in Parker, they are transported to the Douglas County Detention Facility at 4000 Justice Way in Castle Rock. Castle Rock is the county seat and the location of the county jail. The drive from Parker to the detention facility is about 15 minutes south on I-25. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office runs the jail and processes all bookings. Staff take fingerprints, a booking photo, and enter the arrest details into the county system.

Parker PD keeps its own records for incidents, calls for service, and citations. But the booking report is a county document held by the sheriff's office. If you need the police incident report from a Parker arrest, contact Parker PD. For the booking record itself, go to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office at 303-660-7550. These are two different documents from two different agencies, even though they relate to the same arrest event.

Search Parker Booking Reports Online

Douglas County provides online tools for searching inmate records. The sheriff's office has a lookup page at dcsheriff.net/inmates. This shows current inmates at the Douglas County Detention Facility. If someone was arrested in Parker and booked at the county jail, they should appear here. There is also an inmate inquiry system at cad.douglas.co.us with search capabilities. Both tools are free to use and available to anyone.

The online tools work best for current inmates. Once a person is released, they may no longer appear in the search results. For past booking records from Parker arrests, call the Douglas County Sheriff at 303-660-7550. You can also visit the sheriff's office in Castle Rock during business hours to request older records. The staff can search the database by name, date of birth, or booking number to find historical booking reports that are not on the public website.

The CBI records page at cbi.colorado.gov explains the types of criminal history searches available through the state bureau. The online criminal history check at cbirecordscheck.com costs $6.00 and searches arrest records from all Colorado counties, including Douglas County.

Note: The Douglas County online search shows current inmates only. Contact the sheriff for older Parker booking records.

Track Parker Inmates with VINE

The VINE notification system at vinelink.com tracks inmate custody status for free. Register, select Colorado, and search by name. VINE will alert you when the person's status changes at the Douglas County Detention Facility. Alerts come by phone, email, or text. This covers releases, transfers, and court appearance updates. The toll-free number is 1-888-263-8463. Anyone can use VINE.

VINE is helpful if you know someone was arrested in Parker and want to stay updated without having to keep checking the county website. Once you register for alerts, you do not need to do anything else. VINE notifies you automatically when something changes. This works for people held at the Douglas County jail and most other county facilities in Colorado.

Parker Booking Records and Colorado Law

Booking reports from Parker arrests are public records under the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act. C.R.S. 24-72-302 defines arrest records as including the person's name, arresting agency, date and place of arrest, and charges filed. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office must respond to records requests within 3 working days. They can extend the deadline by up to 7 more days for large or complex requests. The first hour of retrieval time is free, with fees after that for staff time and copies.

Under C.R.S. 24-72-305.5, booking photos from Parker arrests are public. It is illegal to post them online and charge a fee for removal. This law carries a misdemeanor charge with fines up to $1,000. Colorado also prohibits the use of criminal justice records for direct solicitation of business for monetary gain. Sealed records from Parker arrests will not appear in any public search. Colorado allows individuals to petition a court to have certain criminal records sealed.

How Parker Bookings Work

When Parker PD arrests someone, the officer transports the person to the Douglas County Detention Facility in Castle Rock. At the jail, intake staff handle the booking process. They record the person's name, date of birth, physical description, and any aliases. Fingerprints and a booking photo are taken. The charges are logged based on the arresting officer's information. Bond is set according to the charges and the person's history. The booking report is created at this point and becomes a public record.

Some arrests in Parker result in a citation and release instead of a full jail booking. This typically happens with minor misdemeanors where the officer determines the person can be released with a court date instead of being taken to jail. In those cases, there is no booking report at the Douglas County Detention Facility. The Parker Police Department would have the citation on file. If you are unsure whether someone was booked at the jail or just cited, you may need to check with both the sheriff's office and Parker PD to get a clear answer.

Parker shares the Douglas County Detention Facility with Castle Rock and all other communities in Douglas County. The same booking process applies regardless of which agency made the arrest. Whether it was Parker PD, the Douglas County Sheriff, the Colorado State Patrol, or any other law enforcement agency operating in the area, the booking goes through the same facility and the report is kept by the same office.

Note: Parker PD incident reports and Douglas County booking reports are separate documents held by different agencies.

Nearby Cities

Parker is in the south Denver metro area, near several other cities. Each city's bookings go through the county sheriff where the arrest took place.

Centennial, Littleton, and Aurora are also near Parker. Centennial and Aurora bookings go through Arapahoe County. Littleton bookings may go through Arapahoe or Jefferson County depending on which side of the city the arrest occurred. Castle Rock uses the same Douglas County Detention Facility as Parker.