Conway Arrest Records Search
Conway arrest records come from the Conway Police Department and the Faulkner County Sheriff once a suspect is booked at the county jail. Conway PD is a CALEA-accredited agency and covers Conway, Arkansas, along with the University of Central Arkansas and Central Baptist College campuses. The department runs a Citizen Toolbox with calls-for-service data, district maps, and crash report access. This page walks through how to pull a Conway arrest report, what the fees are, and how to use Arkansas statewide tools for a wider Conway arrest records search.
Conway Arrest Records at a Glance
Conway Police Department and Arrest Records
Conway PD sits at 1100 Van Ronkle Street, Conway, AR 72032. The phone is 501-450-6120. Public hours at the records desk run Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM. The department is a CALEA-accredited agency. That means it has been reviewed against national law enforcement standards and found to meet them. CPD covers the city of Conway and supports campus security at the University of Central Arkansas and Central Baptist College.
Start at the department's site at conwaypd.org. The page lays out a Citizen Toolbox that residents use for day-to-day police needs.
The Citizen Toolbox pulls together five main services. Calls for Service shows Conway PD activity, though the page disclaimer notes that it is not official crime data and it excludes incidents such as sexual assault and child abuse. Find Your District breaks the city into patrol districts with a lookup map. Pay a Traffic Ticket links to the Arkansas Online Court Payment website. Crash Reports are available through the state's Arkansas Crash Report lookup. Online report filing works for non-emergency matters.
Fees at the Conway records desk are modest. Accident reports cost $10 per copy. Incident reports are $5. Arrest reports are $5. Background checks are available for local records. Requests follow the Arkansas FOIA three-business-day window under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq.
Note: Conway arrest reports related to open cases may be held back if release would tip off a suspect or compromise an ongoing investigation.
Conway District Court and CourtConnect
The Conway District Court sits at 811 Clifton Street, Conway, AR 72034. The phone is 501-513-3130. The court handles misdemeanors, city ordinance violations, and the first appearance on felony charges. Felony trials move up to the Faulkner County Circuit Court once the case is bound over.
Case data pushes to CourtConnect at caseinfo.arcourts.gov. The tool is free. You can search for a Conway defendant by name, case number, or citation number. The result shows the charging document, the docket entries, and the disposition. CourtConnect will not show the arrest report itself. The arrest lives on the sheriff's roster and in the Conway PD records system.
Scheduled maintenance on CourtConnect runs Monday through Friday from 12:30 AM to 2 AM and Saturday 10 PM through Sunday noon. Help emails go to acap.help@arcourts.gov. The Administrative Office of the Courts at arcourts.gov runs the system from 625 Marshall Street in Little Rock.
Faulkner County Jail and Conway Bookings
Most Conway arrests are booked at the Faulkner County Detention Center. The Faulkner County Sheriff runs the jail and the warrants desk. Conway is the county seat, so nearly every Conway PD booking ends up in the sheriff's jail file. For the full county workflow, see the Faulkner County arrest records page. That page covers the sheriff, the circuit court, and the local FOIA process.
The Arkansas Department of Corrections tracks state prison custody after a Conway sentence. Use the ADC inmate search at apps.ark.org/inmate_info. Search by ADC number, name, gender, age, race, county, facility, or offense category. The ADC sits at 6814 Princeton Pike, Pine Bluff, AR 71602. Questions can go to adc.inmate.info@arkansas.gov.
For free custody alerts, register with VINE at vinelink.com or by phone at 1-800-510-0415. VINE is run by ACIC and tracks the state DOC, the Arkansas State Hospital, and county jails. Registrations are anonymous and protected from FOIA. Press 0 on the hotline for a live operator 24/7.
Statewide Tools for Conway Arrest Records
ARCH at arch.ark.org is the main public path to a statewide Arkansas criminal history check. The fee is $24 per search. Results are fingerprint-backed. ARCH was created by Act 1185 of 2015 and sits at Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1501 et seq. It returns Arkansas felony and misdemeanor convictions, open felony arrests less than three years old, and sex offender status for levels 1 through 4.
ARCH will not return Conway juvenile records, dismissed charges, unresolved misdemeanor arrests, not guilty findings, active warrants, sealed records, pardoned convictions, out-of-state history, federal history, traffic arrests, or arrests made without fingerprints. For a certified result, use the mail or in-person channel through the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau at 1 State Police Plaza Dr., Little Rock, 501-618-8500.
The Online Criminal Background Check at cbc.ark.org needs the subject's signed, notarized release. It is not for the general public. For sex offender data near Conway, check ark.org/offender-search. Level 3 and level 4 offenders show on the public map. Level 1 and 2 offenders are kept off the public view under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-903.
FOIA and Sealing Conway Arrest Records
The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act at Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq. sets the rules for public records. Conway PD, the Faulkner County Sheriff, and the district court clerk all follow the same three-business-day response window. Fees cannot be more than the actual cost of making the copy. Agencies must give an itemized fee sheet if asked.
Sealing uses the Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013 at Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-1401 et seq. File a petition in the Conway court where the case was heard. Misdemeanors and many felony convictions can be sealed after the sentence is done. Not eligible: serious violent felonies, sex offenses that require registration, public sexual indecency, indecent exposure, and exposing another person to HIV. A sealed Conway arrest record is removed from the public view. ARCH will not return it.
Juvenile record sealing uses a separate statute at Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309. You have the right under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1013 to see and challenge your own criminal history file on record with ACIC at 322 S. Main Street, Suite 615, Little Rock. Call 501-682-2222 to start the challenge at no cost. The Attorney General at arkansasag.gov/opinions posts the FOIA Handbook and the sealed-records opinions 2003-057 and 2003-183.
Note: Crash reports for Conway accidents are posted on the state Arkansas Crash Report lookup linked from conwaypd.org.
What a Conway Arrest Record Holds
A Conway arrest record includes the subject's full name, date of birth, race, sex, the date and time of the arrest, the arresting officer, the location, the charges with statute citations, and the bond amount. The booking sheet at the Faulkner County Detention Center adds a mugshot, a physical description, known aliases, and the holding facility. Many records also list the court of jurisdiction and the first appearance date.
Charges classify as misdemeanor, felony, or infraction. Fingerprints at booking push to ACIC under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1001 et seq. That links the Conway arrest to any prior Arkansas record and to the FBI NCIC system. CPD officers enter data directly into the state and federal systems as part of the booking workflow.
Not every field is public. Medical details, information about minors, undercover officer identities, and personnel files are exempt from FOIA. Active investigation files stay sealed until the case closes.
Nearby Cities for Arrest Records
Central Arkansas has several cities near Conway. North Little Rock is down I-40 in Pulaski County. Little Rock is the state capital just beyond. Cabot sits east in Lonoke County. Searcy is northeast in White County.