This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of North Carolina.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 504 law enforcement agencies employing 23,442 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents.2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011 As of June 2022, the 2008 report was the latest data available.
State agencies
Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center Police - Black Mountain, North Carolina (NC Department of Health & Human Services) Broughton Hospital Police - Morganton, North Carolina (NC Department of Health & Human Services) Cherry Hospital Police – Goldsboro, North Carolina (NC Department of Health & Human Services) Longleaf Neuro-Medical Treatment Center Police - Wilson, North Carolina (NC Department of Health & Human Services) North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement North Carolina Arboretum Campus Police - Asheville, North Carolina North Carolina Department of Agriculture State Fairgrounds Police - Raleigh, North Carolina North Carolina Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Division North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries Marine Patrol North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles License and Theft Bureau North Carolina Division of Parks Law Enforcement Rangers North Carolina General Assembly Police North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation North Carolina State Capitol Police North Carolina State Highway Patrol North Carolina Division of Adult Corrections (Probation/Parole)
North Carolina State Ports Authority Police - Morehead City/Wilmington North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Law Enforcement North Carolina Forest Service, Criminal Investigations Unit North Carolina Department of Revenue, Criminal Investigations Unit, Unauthorized Substances, Motor Fuels Investigations North Carolina Secretary of State's Office, Securities, Trademarks, Notary North Carolina Department of Correction North Carolina Supreme Court Police O’Berry Neuro-Medical Treatment Center Police - Goldsboro, North Carolina (NC Department of Health & Human Services)
County agencies Sheriffs have been required in each county of North Carolina since the North Carolina Constitution of 1776. Article VII, Section 2 of the 1971 Constitution of North Carolina gives the authority and qualifications for a sheriff in each county: "In each county a Sheriff shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof at the same time and places as members of the General Assembly are elected and shall hold his office for a period of four years, subject to removal for cause as provided by law. No person is eligible to serve as Sheriff if that person has been convicted of a felony against this State, the United States, or another state, whether or not that person has been restored to the rights of citizenship in the manner prescribed by law. Convicted of a felony includes the entry of a plea of guilty; a verdict or finding of guilt by a jury, judge, magistrate, or other adjudicating body, tribunal, or official, either civilian or military; or a plea of no contest, nolo contendere, or the equivalent. (2010-49, s. 1)" In two counties, Gaston and Mecklenburg counties, the county police have constitutionally mandated county wide responsibilities instead of the sheriff's department.
Alamance County Sheriff's Department - Graham Alexander County Sheriff's Office - Taylorsville Alleghany County Sheriff's Department - Sparta Anson County Sheriff's Office - Wadesboro Ashe County Sheriff's Office - Jefferson Avery County Sheriff's Office - Newland Beaufort County Sheriff's Office - Washington Bertie County Sheriff's Office - Windsor Bladen County Sheriff's Office - Elizabethtown Brunswick County Sheriff's Office - Bolivia Buncombe County Sheriff's Office - Asheville Burke County Sheriff's Office - Morganton Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office - Concord Caldwell County Sheriff's Office - Lenoir Camden County Sheriff's Office - Camden Carteret County Sheriff's Department - Beaufort Caswell County Sheriff's Office - Yanceyville Catawba County Sheriff's Office - Newton Chatham County Sheriff's Office - Pittsboro Cherokee County Sheriff's Office - Murphy Chowan County Sheriff's Office - Edenton Clay County Sheriff's Office - Hayesville Cleveland County Sheriff's Office - Shelby Columbus County Sheriff's Office - Whiteville Craven County Sheriff's Office - New Bern Cumberland County Sheriff's Office - Fayetteville Currituck County Sheriff's Office - Currituck Dare County Sheriff's Office - Manteo Davidson County Sheriff's Office - Lexington Davie County Sheriff's Office - Mocksville Duplin County Sheriff's Office - Kenansville Durham County Sheriff's Office - Durham Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office - Tarboro Forsyth County Sheriff's Office - Winston-Salem Franklin County Sheriff's Office - Louisburg Gaston County Police Department - Gastonia Gaston County Sheriff's Office - Gastonia Gates County Sheriff's Department - Gatesville Graham County Sheriff's Department - Robbinsville Granville County Sheriff's Office - Oxford Greene County Sheriff's Office - Snow Hill Guilford County Sheriff's Office - Greensboro Halifax County Sheriff's Office - Halifax Harnett County Sheriff's Office - Lillington Haywood County Sheriff's Office - Waynesville Henderson County Sheriff's Department - Hendersonville Hertford County Sheriff's Office - Winton Hoke County Sheriff's Office - Raeford Hyde County Sheriff's Office - Swan Quarter Iredell County Sheriff's Office - Statesville Jackson County Sheriff's Office - Sylva Johnston County Sheriff's Office - Smithfield Jones County Sheriff's Office - Trenton Lee County Sheriff's Office - Sanford Lenoir County Sheriff's Office - Kinston Lincoln County Sheriff's Office - Lincolnton Macon County Sheriff's Office - Franklin Madison County Sheriff's Department - Marshall Martin County Sheriff's Office - Williamston McDowell County Sheriff's Department - Marion Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office - Charlotte Mitchell County Sheriff's Office - Bakersville Montgomery County Sheriff's Office - Troy Moore County Sheriff's Department - Carthage Nash County Sheriff's Office - Nashville New Hanover County Sheriff's Office - Castle Hayne Northampton County Sheriff's Office - Jackson Onslow County Sheriff's Office - Jacksonville Orange County Sheriff's Office - Hillsborough Pamlico County Sheriff's Department - Bayboro Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office - Elizabeth City Pender County Sheriff's Office - Burgaw Perquimans County Sheriff's Department - Hertford Person County Sheriff's Department - Roxboro Pitt County Sheriff's Office - Greenville Polk County Sheriff's Office - Columbus Randolph County Sheriff's Office - Asheboro Richmond County Sheriff's Office - Rockingham Robeson County Sheriff's Department - Lumberton Rockingham County Sheriff's Office - Wentworth Rowan County Sheriff's Office - Salisbury Rutherford County Sheriff's Department - Rutherfordton Sampson County Sheriff's Office - Clinton Scotland County Sheriff's Office - Laurinburg Stanly County Sheriff's Office - Albemarle Stokes County Sheriff's Department - Danbury Surry County Sheriff's Office - Dobson Swain County Sheriff's Office - Bryson City Transylvania County Sheriff's Office - Brevard Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office - Columbia Union County Sheriff's Office - Monroe Vance County Sheriff's Department - Henderson Wake County Sheriff's Office - Raleigh Warren County Sheriff's Office - Warrenton Washington County Sheriff's Office - Plymouth Watauga County Sheriff's Office - Boone Wayne County Sheriff's Office - Goldsboro Wilkes County Sheriff's Office - Wilkesboro Wilson County Sheriff's Office - Wilson Yadkin County Sheriff's Office - Yadkinville Yancey County Sheriff's Office - Burnsville
City/town agencies
Aberdeen Police Department Ahoskie Police Department Albemarle Police Department Andrews Police Department Angier Police Department Apex Police Department Archdale Police Department Asheboro Police Department Asheville Police Department Atlantic Beach Police Department Aulander Police Department Aurora Police Department Ayden Police Department Badin Police Department Bailey Police Department Bald Head Island Public Safety Bakersville Police Department Banner Elk Police Department Beaufort Police Department Beech Mountain Police Department Belhaven Police Department Belmont Police Department Benson Police Department Bessemer City Police Department Bethel Police Department Beulaville Police Department Biltmore Forest Police Department Biscoe Police Department Black Creek Police Department Black Mountain Police Department Bladenboro Police Department Blowing Rock Police Department Boiling Spring Lakes Police Department Boiling Springs Police Department Bolton Police Department Boone Police Department Boonville Police Department Brevard Police Department Bridgeton Police Department Broadway Police Department Brookford Police Department Bryson City Police Department Bunn Police Department Burgaw Police Department Burlington Police Department Burnsville Police Department Butner Public Safety Candor Police Department Canton Police Department Cape Carteret Police Department Carolina Beach Police Department Carrboro Police Department Carthage Police Department Cary Police Department Caswell Beach Police Department Catawba Police Department Chadbourn Police Department Chapel Hill Police Department Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Cherryville Police Department China Grove Police Department Chocowinity Police Department Claremont Police Department Clarkton Police Department Clayton Police Department Cleveland Police Department Clinton Police Department Clyde Police Department Coats Police Department Columbus Police Department Concord Police Department Conover Police Department Conway Police Department Cornelius Police Department Cramerton Police Department Creedmoor Police Department Dallas Police Department Davidson Police Department Denton Police Department Dobson Police Department Drexel Police Department Duck Police Department Dunn Police Department Durham Police Department East Bend Police Department East Spencer Police Department Eden Police Department Edenton Police Department Elizabeth City Police Department Elizabethtown Police Department Elkin Police Department Ellerbe Police Department Elon Police Department Emerald Isle Police Department Enfield Police Department Erwin Police Department Fair Bluff Police Department Fairmont Police Department Farmville Police Department Fayetteville Police Department Fletcher Police Department Forest City Police Department Four Oaks Police Department Foxfire Village Police Department Franklin Police Department Franklinton Police Department Fremont Police Department Fuquay-Varina Police Department Garner Police Department Garysburg Police Department Gastonia Police Department Gibsonville Police Department Glen Alpine Police Department Goldsboro Police Department Graham Police Department Granite Falls Police Department Granite Quarry Police Department Greensboro Police Department Greenville Police Department Grifton Police Department Grover Police Department Hamlet Police Department Havelock Police Department Haw River Police Department Henderson Police Department Hendersonville Police Department Hickory Police Department High Point Police Department Highlands Police Department Hillsborough Police DepartmentPolice Want to Get Rid of Their Pentagon-Issued Combat Gear. Here's Why They Can't; by Molly Redden, 30 September 2014, Mother Jones Holden Beach Police Department Holly Ridge Police Department Holly Springs Police Department Hope Mills Police Department Hot Springs Police Department Hudson Police Department Huntersville Police Department Indian Beach Police Department Jackson Police Department