Campbell County

Campbell County follows Wyoming law on arrests, release, and courts. These rules are the same in every county in the state; the full set covers prosecutors, defense, and jails too.

Who decides release first

A judicial officer, most often a circuit judge or circuit court magistrate, sets release at the initial appearance. For misdemeanors listed on the Supreme Court's bond schedule, a person may pay the scheduled amount without seeing a judge, and a person arrested for one must see a judicial officer within 12 hours or be cited and released.

W.R.Cr.P. 1, 3.1, 5, 46.1 and Uniform Bail and Forfeiture Schedule (2026 compilation)

Time to see a judge

An arrested person must be taken before a judicial officer without unnecessary delay, and a person arrested without a warrant must be released unless a judicial officer finds probable cause within 72 hours. A jailed person who asks in writing for release must get a decision within 72 hours.

W.R.Cr.P. 5(a), 46.1(a)(1)

Money bail

Money bail is allowed. Everyone is bailable by sufficient sureties except in capital cases where the proof is evident or the presumption great.

W.R.Cr.P. 46.1(a)

Courts

District courts try felonies. Circuit courts hear misdemeanors and hold preliminary hearings in felony cases, and each city or town has a municipal court for violations of its ordinances.

Wyoming Judicial Branch, District CourtsWyoming Judicial Branch, Circuit CourtsW.S. 5-6-101

Judges and magistrates

The governor appoints district judges from three names sent by the Judicial Nominating Commission, and voters then decide in retention elections whether to keep them for six-year terms. Circuit judges are chosen the same way for four-year terms and must be lawyers. Circuit judges appoint magistrates with county approval, and part-time magistrates need no legal training.

Wyoming Judicial Branch, District CourtsWyoming Judicial Branch, Circuit CourtsW.S. 5-9-201 to 5-9-206, 5-6-103

Read from the statutes and court rules cited, 2026-09-30. The pretrial section rests on a secondary summary. Which counties currently have a district attorney was not checked.

• Gillette33,431
• Wright town1,443

Every city, village, town, and township with any of its land in Campbell County, largest first. Population, the whole place's: Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024.

• Gillette Police DepartmentCity police department33,936 served
• Campbell County Sheriff's OfficeSheriff or county police14,096 served

Agencies: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29. An agency that serves several counties appears on each. Population served is the FBI's figure.