NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Bertie County law enforcement
A detailed guide to Bertie County law enforcement, agency jurisdictions, local history, courts, FBI and SBI office coverage, and published crime data.
- County seat
- Windsor
- Established
- 1722
- Region
- Coastal Plain
- County government
- Official county website
Bertie County at a glance
Bertie County’s county seat is Windsor. The sheriff and Windsor Police are separately verified local agencies. Historical inventories also identify Aulander, Lewiston-Woodville, and Askewville police entries; present independent operation must be demonstrated before those names are represented as active staffed departments. This profile separates current official contacts from unresolved legacy listings.
The county lies in the northeastern Coastal Plain. The Cashie and Roanoke rivers, Albemarle Sound, Conine Island, and extensive wetlands are prominent landscape features. Windsor, Aulander, Lewiston-Woodville, Colerain, and Roxobel are among the county’s communities. Agriculture, forestry, and the river environment are important to its local identity.
Law enforcement in Bertie County
The sheriff’s current official county page identifies the office at 222 County Farm Road, Windsor, and provides a personal-history application and concealed-handgun permitting resource. This current location should take precedence over older directories that list Dundee Street. Windsor’s municipal Public Safety page identifies its police department at 128 South King Street, and its staff directory provides a separate police-chief contact. A dispatch listing or an old federal directory is insufficient evidence of current staffing in the smaller towns; those entries remain in the reconciliation notes until supported by contemporary primary sources. The SBI’s 2024 agency-status table labels Aulander and Lewiston Woodville as covered by another jurisdiction. That is a dated reporting status; neither is presented as a current independent staffed police department without more recent primary evidence.
County history and community context
Bertie County was formed from Chowan County in 1722 and named for the Bertie family of Lords Proprietors. Windsor was incorporated in 1766, following earlier settlement. Hope Plantation, the King-Bazemore House, and the Sans Souci Ferry preserve different aspects of the county’s history. The area’s colonial history includes Tuscarora communities and later English settlement; the county’s historical narrative is broader than the age of its present public buildings.
Courts, public records and official resources
The Bertie County government website is the starting point for county department contacts, board materials, property information, and the Register of Deeds. The sheriff and any municipal or campus police department maintain their own operational records; identify the agency that created a report before directing an inquiry. For older county material, the State Archives County Records Guide separates court, land, estate, tax, and other record series. Its finding aids describe archival holdings rather than promising that a particular file is available online.
The North Carolina Judicial Branch maintains a dedicated Bertie County page with courthouse information, a contact directory, jury-service guidance, local rules and forms, and payment information. It also links the statewide eCourts services. Use the county contact directory to identify the Clerk of Superior Court or another court office; a police station is not the filing office for a court case. Court schedules and building instructions should be checked on the Judicial Branch site before a visit.
FBI and SBI regional offices
FBI office coverage
Greenville covers Bertie County under the Charlotte Field Office. The FBI investigates federal matters; this assignment does not replace local emergency response.
Charlotte Field Office: 704-672-6100 · 7915 Microsoft Way, Charlotte, NC 28273. Official FBI coverage directory.
NC SBI district
Northeastern District — Greenville · 1013 W. H. Smith Boulevard, Greenville, N.C. 27834 · (252) 347-0572. Official SBI district-office directory.
For an emergency call 911. The federal and state office contacts are provided for jurisdictional research and administrative inquiries.
Published crime and personnel data
The NC SBI’s county table reports selected Index offenses from contributing agencies in 2024. It is separate from the FBI’s 2025 reporting year and is not a count of all possible offenses.
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 5 |
| Rape | 9 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Aggravated assault | 42 |
| Burglary | 32 |
| Larceny-theft | 95 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 20 |
Published county-table Index total: 204. SBI Index offenses by agency in county.
| Published agency label | Index total | Murder | Rape | Robbery | Aggravated assault | Burglary | Larceny | Vehicle theft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertie Co. Sheriff | 152 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 27 | 63 | 19 |
| Windsor | 52 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 1 |
A county total depends on the reporting agencies and source-table coverage. Missing agencies or blank values must not be treated as zero. Published totals are not a safety ranking and do not establish an agency’s performance.
| Agency | Reported violent crime | Reported property crime | Full-time sworn · Oct. 31 | Full-time civilian · Oct. 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertie County Sheriff's Office | 39 | 89 | 24 | 5 |
| Windsor Police Department | 14 | 26 | 6 | 0 |
These are individual agency rows, not whole-county totals. Cross-county departments may serve territory beyond Bertie County. Each linked profile identifies its FBI source table and reporting label. Do not sum these rows to compare with the SBI’s different year and coverage.
Explore statewide FBI figures, reporting definitions and methodology →
Service arrangements and roster notes
Historical reporting lists can include former departments, contract arrangements, facilities and subordinate units. The notes below distinguish those entries from the agency profiles above.
- Askewville Police Department: Historical SBI listing found; no current primary evidence of independent staffed police operation located. Historical SBI roster — published December 1, 2025 · Reconciliation evidence
- Aulander Police Department: SBI 2024 status is Covered by Another Jurisdiction; current independent operation was not verified. Historical SBI roster — published December 1, 2025 · Reconciliation evidence
- Lewiston Woodville Police Department: SBI 2024 status is Covered by Another Jurisdiction; current independent operation was not verified. Historical SBI roster — published December 1, 2025 · Reconciliation evidence
- Aulander Police Department: SBI 2024 status is Covered by Another Jurisdiction; current independent operation was not verified. Historical SBI roster — published December 1, 2025 · Reconciliation evidence
- Lewiston Woodville Police Department: SBI 2024 status is Covered by Another Jurisdiction; current independent operation was not verified. Historical SBI roster — published December 1, 2025 · Reconciliation evidence
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.
- NC government county directory — county seat and formation
- Bertie County government
- Library of North Carolina / NCpedia — county history
- NC Judicial Branch — Bertie County
- NC State Archives — County Records Guide
- Bertie Sheriff
- Windsor Public Safety
- Windsor staff directory
- SBI — 2024 agency reporting status