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Emerald Isle Police Department
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Emerald Isle Police Department.
- Agency or unit type
- Municipal police department
- County guides
- Carteret County
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published contact
- 252-354-2021
- Published office location
- 7500 Emerald Drive, Emerald Isle, NC 28594
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
Emerald Isle Police is the municipal law-enforcement department for the Town of Emerald Isle in Carteret County. The official department and staff-directory pages provide police-specific contact and location information.
How the agency is organized
The town publishes command and employee information along with police-service resources. Individual officer biographies may describe prior assignments and training, but those biographical details are not generalized into a current department staffing count or a capability held by every officer.
Official records and officer resources
The department is at 7500 Emerald Drive and publishes 252-354-2021. The town directory lists lobby service from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily; check current visiting instructions before arrival. The Carteret Sheriff’s separate-agency directory also identifies Emerald Isle Police. Municipal records and employee inquiries should start with the town department’s current resources.
Explore local history, other agencies, court resources and regional FBI/SBI contacts in Carteret County.
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.
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Violent crime | 11 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Aggravated assault | 10 |
| Property crime | 63 |
| Burglary | 19 |
| Larceny-theft | 43 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1 |
| Arson | 0 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 8; published agency label: Emerald Isle. CIUS_Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_City_2025.xlsx
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 19 |
| Civilian employees | 2 |
| Total full-time employees | 21 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Emerald Isle. 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 Emerald Isle. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 20 |
| Civilian employees | 2 |
| Total full-time employees | 22 |
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Aggravated assault | 4 |
| Burglary | 18 |
| Larceny-theft | 61 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4 |
Published Index-crime total: 89.
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.
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