Forsyth County Sheriff's Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The sheriff is Forsyth County's county law-enforcement organization, separate from Winston-Salem, Kernersville and university police. Joint initiatives, including the documented impaired-driving task force, involve cooperation among those agencies.

How the agency is organized

The agency publishes detention, community court services, animal services, community outreach, reserve-officer and recruitment information. Its administrative building and detention center have separate addresses and telephone contacts. The distinction is essential when directing an employment inquiry or visiting the agency.

Official records and officer resources

The contact page accepts questions, suggestions, commendations and complaints and offers specific routes to victim services, school-resource officers and crime-prevention programs. It warns that the online form is not for emergency assistance.

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 10; published agency label: Forsyth. CIUS_Table_10_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_Metropolitan_and_Nonmetropolitan_Counties_2025.xlsx

This is a county-level agency row, not the total for every police department or every offense in the county.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 80; published agency label: Forsyth. Table_80_Full_time_Law_Enforcement_Employees_by_State_by_Metropolitan_and_Nonmetropolitan_Counties_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 Forsyth Co. Sheriff. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Published Index-crime total: 1,504.

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 information
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• Official agency information
• SBI published 2026 agency roster; historical inventory, not current reporting obligation