Forest City Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Forest City Police serves people living, working and visiting within the town’s municipal jurisdiction. Its public description emphasizes crime prevention, problem solving and investigation in partnership with residents. Rutherford County’s communications center handles after-hours routing; this does not make Forest City Police a sheriff division.

How the agency is organized

The department publishes separate business, dispatch and tip contacts. Regular office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Communications and Records page describes the department’s relationship with the county communications operation, while sworn officers remain available outside administrative office hours.

Agency history and local context

Police dispatch transferred to Rutherford County central communications in October 2008, according to the department’s Communications and Records page. This is a documented operational change rather than a claim about the department’s original establishment.

Official records and officer resources

Use 828-245-5555 for regular office business and the published county non-emergency dispatch number, 828-286-2911, for after-hours officer contact. The tip line is separately published as 828-245-7771. Emergency calls should use 911.

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: Forest City. 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: Forest City. 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 Forest City. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Published Index-crime total: 430.

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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