Brookford Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Brookford’s official municipal website identifies its police chief and police function. The town is a separate municipality within Catawba County and should not be conflated with Hickory simply because its administrative mailing address uses Hickory.

How the agency is organized

The reviewed town page establishes the municipal department but does not provide a detailed current command chart or dated staffing total. No specialized police unit or wider territorial authority is inferred from third-party descriptions.

Agency history and local context

The town’s official history states that Brookford was incorporated in 1907. That community date does not establish when the current police organization began.

Official records and officer resources

The town website is the verified starting point for municipal and police administrative routing. The general town telephone and South Center Street address are not represented as a dedicated police line or station without a police-specific source. Current employee, complaint, and records procedures require confirmation through the town’s published contacts.

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 78; published agency label: Brookford. 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 Brookford. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Does Not Participate. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Sources: SBI agency reporting status · SBI law-enforcement personnel.

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.

• Brookford Police Department — official information
• Catawba County government