Checking Criminal History in Carterville
Choose a Carterville channel by record type. Police staff can help identify an incident or arrest report. The named FOIA officer handles a formal disclosure request. County offices take over booking and filed court records, while ISP supplies the relevant statewide product.
A five-step search keeps those layers clear:
- For a routine report question, contact Carterville Police at police@visitcarterville.com or use a published nonemergency number.
- For formal disclosure, use Carterville's 2023 FOIA form and send questions to the named FOIA officer.
- Call the Williamson County jail at (618) 997-6541 when the issue is recent custody or booking.
- Search the Circuit Clerk or Judici for filed charges, court events, and a final disposition.
- Use ISP UCIA for public conviction information or Access and Review for your own fingerprint-supported state history.
No verified city arrest log, inmate roster, warrant portal, or police-report database removes the need for this chain.
Carterville's 2023 FOIA Form
The official Carterville FOIA page names Khrissy Hollister as FOIA officer. The office number is (618) 985-2252 and the published email is khollister@visitcarterville.com. The page links a fixed 2023 FOIA request PDF.
The PDF is an image-only scan. Its exact boxes and required fields could not be read reliably through text extraction, so they should not be guessed. Open the form visually before completing it. If the scan is hard to read or use, ask the FOIA officer for an accessible copy or instructions. No local fee or turnaround statement appeared on the city HTML page, so Illinois's general statutory timing governs unless the city provides a lawful extension or other notice.
A narrow request should identify the likely department, event date, location, report number if known, record type, and preferred format. Avoid asking for a person's entire history when one Carterville incident is the real target.
Carterville Police Department Records
The official Carterville emergency-services page places the Police Department at 121 West Illinois Avenue, Carterville, IL 62918. It names Chief Kendall Hollister and publishes police@visitcarterville.com. The listed nonemergency numbers are (618) 985-6528 and (618) 985-5053. The city also labels (618) 985-4853 and (618) 985-4854 as emergency numbers, while an immediate emergency should go to 911.
Police keeps the agency-created incident or arrest report. Ask separately for dispatch records, photographs, video, or other material because those products are not automatically included. A report request should use facts tied to the event, and a current emergency must never be sent by email.
Carterville Police Department
121 West Illinois Avenue
Carterville, IL 62918
(618) 985-6528
Immediate emergency: 911
Carterville FOIA Officer
City Hall, 103 South Division Street
Carterville, IL 62918
(618) 985-2252
khollister@visitcarterville.com
Carterville Police or FOIA Officer
Use the police email for a routine question about whether a report exists, how it is identified, or which local office holds it. Use the FOIA officer and official form when seeking disclosure of a city record. The distinction matters because a routine customer-service exchange may not document the scope and statutory handling of a formal request.
| Need | Carterville starting point | Useful detail |
|---|---|---|
| Identify a police report | Police email or nonemergency line | Date, location, report number |
| Formal copy request | FOIA officer and 2023 form | Specific record and preferred format |
| Current custody | Williamson County jail | Full name and other lawful identifiers |
| Filed case outcome | Circuit Clerk or Judici | Case number, name, year |
Carterville City Hall is at 103 South Division Street. Its main number is (618) 985-2252, and the City Clerk number is (618) 985-3871. Police records remain at West Illinois Avenue; formal city FOIA administration begins on South Division.
Carterville Arrests and Bookings
After a Carterville arrest, the city report and county booking are distinct. Carterville Police documents its enforcement action. The Williamson County jail creates an intake and custody record when the person is booked there. A prosecutor later determines whether charges will be filed, and the Circuit Clerk records the court case. ISP receives qualifying fingerprint-supported information.
Carterville has no verified city jail roster. Call the county jail for current custody and use VINELink Illinois when status notifications fit the need. Ask CPD for the underlying event report. Search the court only after allowing for the charging and filing process. If the person later enters state prison, IDOC becomes the custody source.
Carterville arrest path: CPD report › Williamson jail booking › charging decision › Circuit Clerk case
Current Reports Are 311 Issues
The Carterville Current Reports system covers city happenings, ways to contact officials, public resources, and issue reports. It is not advertised as an inmate search, warrant tool, arrest log, crime map, police-report copy system, or criminal court database.
The successful manifest image below comes from that official civic request source.
The app can be useful for city service matters, but a submitted 311 issue is not a FOIA request. Send criminal-record questions to police, the FOIA officer, the jail, or the Circuit Clerk according to the record sought. That boundary is especially important when a system label such as “Current Reports” sounds broader than its advertised functions.
Municipal Court Records in Carterville
Carterville has no separate municipal court portal. City matters that require court action route into the Williamson County Circuit Court structure. The clerk's official file is the place to confirm filed counts, hearings, orders, disposition, and sentence. A police report remains an agency record and does not become the court file merely because charges follow.
| Court Name | Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit, Williamson County |
|---|---|
| Case Types Heard | Carterville matters routed to court plus traffic, misdemeanor, and felony cases as applicable |
| Case Lookup Channel | Williamson County case information or court-authorized Judici |
| What the Docket Shows | Filed charges, event entries, hearings, orders, disposition, and sentence where public |
| Copies and Fees | Ask the Circuit Clerk; no verified current local copy fee schedule was found |
The Circuit Clerk is at the Williamson County Courthouse, 200 West Jefferson Street, Marion, and can be reached at (618) 997-1301. Broader docket instructions appear with Williamson County criminal court cases.
No Carterville Blotter, Four Channels
A missing online blotter is not a missing record. Start with CPD for its report, then the county jail for custody, the Circuit Clerk for a filed case, and ISP for the correct repository product. Each source has a limited job. A broad commercial roster should not replace an official channel.
If Judici does not yet show a Carterville event, confirm the person's name and date, then ask police and the jail. Filing can lag behind an arrest, and a prosecutor can change or decline arrest-stage charges. Search the docket again once a case number is known. To understand all county booking options, consult the Williamson County arrest lookup.
Note: A booking entry documents custody and allegations, not a finding of guilt.
Where Carterville Records Go
Carterville Police creates the first local record. The sheriff's jail creates the booking file. The State's Attorney makes the charging decision, and the Circuit Clerk records what happens in court. ISP receives reportable fingerprint and disposition data through official channels. One event can therefore yield several records with different dates and terms.
Record flow: Carterville Police Department › Williamson County Courts › Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification
Recent information tends to sit with police or the jail. Final public outcomes sit with the clerk. Public UCIA information is conviction-only, not a complete arrest history. A person seeking their own fuller Illinois repository record and a chance to challenge it uses ISP Access and Review with a licensed live-scan vendor.
Carterville Crime Data by ORI
Official crime data should be queried through FBI Crime Data Explorer or Illinois Crime in Illinois using Carterville Police ORI IL1000100. Current counts were not reproducibly exportable during research, so no precise city figure is asserted. ORI filtering is important because place boundaries and agency jurisdictions do not always line up neatly.
Carterville's estimated 2025 population was 5,839, compared with 5,848 in the 2020 census. That small change does not explain crime. The city's identity as a Southern Illinois heartland community and wine-country gateway also supplies local context without proving anything about enforcement or risk. Compare like periods, check reporting coverage, and keep incidents, arrests, filed cases, and convictions separate.
Public Access Rules in Carterville
Illinois FOIA applies to Carterville city records, but access is not absolute. Police may redact or withhold active-investigation facts, juvenile information, victim or witness details, confidential-source material, medical content, and information whose release would interfere with enforcement. Court sealing orders and court rules independently limit some docket material.
Key Statutes:
Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140 creates the public-request process and defined exemptions.
Uniform Conviction Information Act, 20 ILCS 2635 governs ISP dissemination of public conviction information.
Juvenile Court Act, 705 ILCS 405 restricts juvenile law-enforcement and court material.
The general FOIA response deadline is a decision deadline, not guaranteed production of a large video or a file that needs extensive review. Ask for segregable public portions when some material is exempt.
Carterville Police Numbers Explained
The city publishes two numbers as nonemergency and two as emergency lines. For an immediate threat or urgent event, call 911. For a report-copy question or nonurgent record identification, use a nonemergency number or police email. Do not send an emergency through FOIA or the Current Reports app.
A formal disclosure request belongs with FOIA Officer Khrissy Hollister. A court case belongs with the Circuit Clerk. Those simple distinctions keep Carterville's many published contact routes from becoming interchangeable when they are not.