NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
North Carolina agency directory
Explore law enforcement across all 100 North Carolina counties. Use the interactive police and sheriff map below, then browse detailed agency profiles, local history, official contacts and available FBI/SBI data. Mapped locations include source and precision notes.
THE NORTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ATLAS
Find an agency. Know where to start.
Explore North Carolina police departments, county sheriff offices, campus police and specialized law enforcement agencies. Search by agency, town or county, then open a department profile for official contacts, agency background and available FBI/SBI information.
Location review: September 25, 2026. 491 office locations are mapped; 35 additional profiles remain searchable while a suitable public office location is confirmed. Markers identify sourced office addresses, administrative contact locations or clearly labelled campus locations. They do not show jurisdiction boundaries. Call the agency before visiting; emergencies: 911.
About the locations, sources and map precision
Office addresses are drawn from agency and government publications, supplemented by identified professional and local law-enforcement directories. Coordinates are matched to North Carolina AddressNC and county address points, address-matched NC facility records, agency-published campus GPS coordinates, reviewed OpenStreetMap facility records, or carefully reviewed US Census address geocodes. Each mapped agency shows its location source and precision in the detail panel.
Address points may represent a structure, parcel or public contact location. Archived facility coordinates are labelled with their older source date. Census street-address geocodes are approximate and do not establish a building entrance. Shared offices retain their actual coordinates. We do not place agencies at town or county centers when an office location is unknown. Historical service entries are available in the directory and excluded from the active-agency map.
County outlines provide geographic context, not a statement of an agency’s legal authority. State, federal, campus, hospital and other specialized organizations can serve areas beyond their mapped office. This independent directory does not imply an agency’s endorsement of the firm or an attorney-client relationship.
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Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors. County outlines: US Census Bureau. Office-location evidence is linked individually. Map software: MapLibre GL JS with a Leaflet fallback.
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Find a county
Explore all 100 North Carolina counties, from the mountains to the coast. County guides connect local departments, sheriffs, campus and specialized agencies with history, court resources, FBI/SBI office coverage and published statistical tables.
526 searchable agency and specialized-unit profiles, plus one separate historical-service guide, are included in this edition. Historical-service guides are excluded from the active-agency atlas. This is a researched directory, not a certified count of independent active employers.
- Alamance CountyGraham · 9 profiles
- Alexander CountyTaylorsville · 2 profiles
- Alleghany CountySparta · 2 profiles
- Anson CountyWadesboro · 4 profiles
- Ashe CountyJefferson · 4 profiles
- Avery CountyNewland · 8 profiles
- Beaufort CountyWashington · 6 profiles
- Bertie CountyWindsor · 2 profiles
- Bladen CountyElizabethtown · 4 profiles
- Brunswick CountyBolivia · 13 profiles
- Buncombe CountyAsheville · 13 profiles
- Burke CountyMorganton · 8 profiles
- Cabarrus CountyConcord · 4 profiles
- Caldwell CountyLenoir · 7 profiles
- Camden CountyCamden · 2 profiles
- Carteret CountyBeaufort · 9 profiles
- Caswell CountyYanceyville · 1 profile
- Catawba CountyNewton · 10 profiles
- Chatham CountyPittsboro · 6 profiles
- Cherokee CountyMurphy · 3 profiles
- Chowan CountyEdenton · 2 profiles
- Clay CountyHayesville · 1 profile
- Cleveland CountyShelby · 6 profiles
- Columbus CountyWhiteville · 6 profiles
- Craven CountyNew Bern · 7 profiles
- Cumberland CountyFayetteville · 8 profiles
- Currituck CountyCurrituck · 1 profile
- Dare CountyManteo · 8 profiles
- Davidson CountyLexington · 5 profiles
- Davie CountyMocksville · 1 profile
- Duplin CountyKenansville · 8 profiles
- Durham CountyDurham · 8 profiles
- Edgecombe CountyTarboro · 6 profiles
- Forsyth CountyWinston-Salem · 10 profiles
- Franklin CountyLouisburg · 8 profiles
- Gaston CountyGastonia · 15 profiles
- Gates CountyGatesville · 1 profile
- Graham CountyRobbinsville · 1 profile
- Granville CountyOxford · 8 profiles
- Greene CountySnow Hill · 1 profile
- Guilford CountyGreensboro · 12 profiles
- Halifax CountyHalifax · 7 profiles
- Harnett CountyLillington · 9 profiles
- Haywood CountyWaynesville · 4 profiles
- Henderson CountyHendersonville · 6 profiles
- Hertford CountyWinton · 5 profiles
- Hoke CountyRaeford · 3 profiles
- Hyde CountySwan Quarter · 1 profile
- Iredell CountyStatesville · 6 profiles
- Jackson CountySylva · 5 profiles
- Johnston CountySmithfield · 11 profiles
- Jones CountyTrenton · 2 profiles
- Lee CountySanford · 3 profiles
- Lenoir CountyKinston · 5 profiles
- Lincoln CountyLincolnton · 5 profiles
- Macon CountyFranklin · 3 profiles
- Madison CountyMarshall · 4 profiles
- Martin CountyWilliamston · 3 profiles
- McDowell CountyMarion · 3 profiles
- Mecklenburg CountyCharlotte · 15 profiles
- Mitchell CountyBakersville · 3 profiles
- Montgomery CountyTroy · 6 profiles
- Moore CountyCarthage · 13 profiles
- Nash CountyNashville · 10 profiles
- New Hanover CountyWilmington · 7 profiles
- Northampton CountyJackson · 6 profiles
- Onslow CountyJacksonville · 8 profiles
- Orange CountyHillsborough · 9 profiles
- Pamlico CountyBayboro · 2 profiles
- Pasquotank CountyElizabeth City · 3 profiles
- Pender CountyBurgaw · 5 profiles
- Perquimans CountyHertford · 1 profile
- Person CountyRoxboro · 2 profiles
- Pitt CountyGreenville · 11 profiles
- Polk CountyColumbus · 4 profiles
- Randolph CountyAsheboro · 8 profiles
- Richmond CountyRockingham · 3 profiles
- Robeson CountyLumberton · 10 profiles
- Rockingham CountyWentworth · 6 profiles
- Rowan CountySalisbury · 12 profiles
- Rutherford CountyRutherfordton · 5 profiles
- Sampson CountyClinton · 3 profiles
- Scotland CountyLaurinburg · 4 profiles
- Stanly CountyAlbemarle · 8 profiles
- Stokes CountyDanbury · 2 profiles
- Surry CountyDobson · 6 profiles
- Swain CountyBryson City · 3 profiles
- Transylvania CountyBrevard · 3 profiles
- Tyrrell CountyColumbia · 1 profile
- Union CountyMonroe · 6 profiles
- Vance CountyHenderson · 3 profiles
- Wake CountyRaleigh · 26 profiles
- Warren CountyWarrenton · 4 profiles
- Washington CountyPlymouth · 2 profiles
- Watauga CountyBoone · 6 profiles
- Wayne CountyGoldsboro · 8 profiles
- Wilkes CountyWilkesboro · 4 profiles
- Wilson CountyWilson · 3 profiles
- Yadkin CountyYadkinville · 6 profiles
- Yancey CountyBurnsville · 2 profiles
Statewide and federal agencies
These agencies and specialized units have responsibilities that extend across county boundaries. A local office does not imply unlimited general-policing authority.
Federal districts, investigative agencies, parks and military jurisdictions →
State agency investigative unit
North Carolina State Highway Patrol Investigative Services Unit
Raleigh
State conservation enforcement agency
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Law Enforcement
North Carolina
State specialized investigative agency
North Carolina Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Division
Raleigh
State tax investigative agency
North Carolina Department of Revenue Criminal Investigations Division
Raleigh
State specialized enforcement organization
North Carolina Secretary of State Law Enforcement Functions
Raleigh
State corrections investigative unit
North Carolina Department of Adult Correction Special Operations and Intelligence Unit
Raleigh
State specialized investigative agency
North Carolina Industrial Commission Criminal Investigations and Employee Classification Division
Raleigh
Federal investigative field division
Federal Bureau of Investigation — Charlotte Field Office
Charlotte
Explore the evidence
FBI data & methodology
2025 statewide crime estimates, personnel, officer-assault statistics and the definitions behind each data table.
Officer resources
Information about investigations, discipline, employment disputes and seeking independent legal counsel.
Agency details come from official government and institutional sources. Profiles identify service contracts, shared jurisdictions and historical names when the evidence supports them. Statistical years are kept separate. See each profile’s source list and review date.