Des Moines County's Same-Day Arrest Source
The place to look online is the Burlington Police Daily Arrest Log archive. It posts a Most Recent PDF plus dated files. Remember what it is. The log is a city police media summary, not the Des Moines County Correctional Center roster. It may list a Burlington arrest even when the person was cited and released, booked without custody, or held somewhere else. Reports often open at 7:00 a.m. on the prior date. That gives a rough one-day view. Burlington promises no fixed posting hour, though. The report date and its printed timestamp matter more than the phrase "last 24 hours." The archive has gaps too. Some dates are missing, duplicated, or formatted inconsistently. A blank date does not mean no arrest happened. It may reflect report rules, an upload gap, a correction, or simply a day with no document posted.
Check Des Moines County Arrests Today
Match the source to the question. A Burlington PDF shows whether city police reported an arrest in their latest cycle. Jail custody takes a separate check.
- Open the official Burlington archive and choose Most Recent. Confirm the date and the "data as of" line inside the PDF.
- Search the document for the person's name. Read all charge rows, since one event may create several rows and repeated names.
- Check the agency field. An entry from Burlington Police does not represent a complete countywide search.
- For present custody, call the Des Moines County Correctional Center at 319-753-8275 or search IowaVINE.
- If neither source answers the question, contact the Sheriff's Records Division at so-clerical@dmcounty.com and describe the person, date, agency, and record.
For the wider picture of the jail, records, booking photos, and agency boundaries, visit the Des Moines County recent-arrests hub. It pulls the county material together. The county site has no public roster form. So filters like booking number, charge, bond, or birth date may not exist online.
What Burlington's Arrest View Shows
Burlington's Media Arrest Summary is detailed. Its fields belong to the city police department, though, not to the county jail's booking schema.
| Report field | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Arrest date and time | The time recorded for the arrest event, not necessarily the jail admit time. |
| Name and birth date | Identity data; juveniles under 18 are shown only as a juvenile offender label. |
| Arrest type and agency | The reporting context and agency tied to the entry. |
| Location and incidents | Location and related report references associated with the event. |
| Offense date, area, statute | Reported offense details and the cited legal provision. |
| Court and crime class | The destination and classification listed at arrest, not a disposition. |
| Parameters and totals | The filter and row count; several rows may concern one person. |
| Booking photo | No photograph appeared in the reviewed sample. |
Bond amounts, county booking numbers, jail admission times, release times, and housing assignments do not appear there. The jail holds some of those facts. The court and records custodian hold others.
The Official Daily Arrest Archive
The official city archive lists Burlington's dated arrest reports.
The capture identifies the government archive without reproducing names, faces, or booking photographs.
Why a New Arrest Can Lag
An arrest and its PDF are separate steps. Jail intake, a records review, and PDF generation follow. Someone arrested after the cutoff may not show up until the next day. Weekends and holidays stretch the wait further. Burlington posts plenty of dated reports anyway. It has published no fixed holiday rule, so don't infer one from a short run of dates. Sometimes the real answer is a different agency. The Sheriff, West Burlington Police, Iowa State Patrol, or another department may have made the arrest, and Burlington's file was never built to gather those records. That is why the arresting-agency field is so useful.
Note: A fresh arrest after the PDF cutoff may be real and in process even when the newest Burlington report has no entry.
County Custody Confirmation Without a Roster
Des Moines County's official jail page describes the facility but offers no roster. No result list, photo viewer, or refresh schedule appears there. For a likely current detainee, call the Correctional Center at 3630 Bauer Drive in Burlington. The number is 319-753-8275. IowaVINE comes next. It tracks county-jail and state-prison custody where records allow, and it can send status notifications. A blank result during fresh processing proves nothing. Older and multi-day publications are covered by the Des Moines County Police Blotter. Need a copy instead of a live answer? Use the Sheriff's records process. Give the full name and a narrow date range. Add the suspected arresting agency and a booking number if you have one. Request the arrest or booking record and the photograph separately. The jail page does not promise that any photo appears online.
Des Moines County Jail Information
The official Sheriff's Office page names the county agency and points toward jail information. No public roster comes with it.
This is the county's official starting point for jail questions.
No Des Moines County Arrest App
Des Moines County's Sheriff lists no jail or inmate app. Burlington does link city notifications and social media. Those channels are not complete booking feeds. They may share civic or agency news while saying nothing about who is in custody. The gap matters because third-party apps can look official. Before entering personal details or signing up for alerts, confirm the link comes from the county, the city, the Iowa Attorney General, or VINELink. Government archives and direct agency contacts remain the sources of record.
Arrest Report Versus Custody State
A fresh booking does not tell you where a person is right now. Someone just arrested may still be in intake. A current detainee sits at the Des Moines County Correctional Center. A released person can linger in Burlington's dated arrest archive long after walking out. Iowa prison time means the Iowa DOC search is the right tool. Federal and immigration custody run through entirely separate systems.
This is why two honest sources can disagree. The police PDF captures an event, not a status. IowaVINE answers a custody question. The jail gives the current local picture, while the court docket tracks litigation. Before concluding anything, weigh the timestamp and the purpose behind each record.
Never match on a name alone. Dates matter. So does the birth date where lawfully displayed, plus the arresting agency, location, court, and incident reference. A precise records request beats guessing that two similar names describe one person.
What an Arrest Entry Cannot Prove
A Burlington police summary reflects the arrest stage only. It will not show the final charge. Nor does it guarantee that a case was filed in court.
For the later docket, turn to Iowa Courts Online when a public case exists. Keep dates and identity details aligned, because similar names invite false matches. A police report and a court record answer different questions. Treat them as separate pieces. Do not merge them into one conclusion.