Benson Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Benson Police serves the town in Johnston County from its East Church Street location. The department is separate from the county sheriff and neighboring municipal police agencies.

How the agency is organized

The town’s official police page describes the department’s values and public services and identifies an after-hours call box. This gives visitors an alternative contact route when administrative offices are closed; it does not establish that every administrative service is available at all hours.

Official records and officer resources

Use the police page for prevention resources and current department contacts. A police-report or employment inquiry should identify Benson as the employer and responding agency. Johnston County’s public resources corroborate the department’s location and phone, while court records remain a separate Judicial Branch service.

FBI data · 2025

The following figures are from the FBI’s 2025 published agency tables. They describe a reporting period, not current staffing or an assessment of agency performance.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 8; published agency label: Benson. CIUS_Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_City_2025.xlsx

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Benson. Table_78_Full_time_Law_Enforcement_Employees_by_State_by_Cities_2025.xlsx

Blank or unavailable values remain “Not published.” Participating agencies and reporting scope vary. Campus figures concern the reporting institution; a city name does not expand them to all local residents. Read the data definitions and limitations.

NC SBI data · 2024

The NC SBI record is published under Benson. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Published Index-crime total: 161.

Sources: SBI agency reporting status · SBI law-enforcement personnel · SBI Index offenses by agency in county.

Personnel are a dated full-time payroll snapshot. Civilian classifications can include jail employees without outside police powers. These are not authorized-position or vacancy counts. Index-crime totals cover selected categories and are not totals of all crime.

Sources and review date

Official agency, government and institutional sources are linked below. Contact details and organizational information were reviewed September 24, 2026. Published statistical years are identified separately.

• Official agency or employing-government information