Franklin Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Franklin Police serves the North Carolina town in Macon County. Its online reporting service is limited to eligible non-emergency incidents within town limits. Same-name departments in Tennessee and other states should not be used for local contact or jurisdiction information.

How the agency is organized

The town’s division description distinguishes chief-led administration, public-facing administrative services and property/evidence responsibilities. Administrative services assists walk-in visitors and maintains and distributes reports. The website also provides community-policing information and a command chart.

Official records and officer resources

Collision reports are available through the department’s linked CARFAX/CrashDocs route. The town directs people seeking property to arrange an appointment and confirm release eligibility first. Online reporting has eligibility limits and is not an emergency service. The department’s own North Carolina contact page identifies its office at 218 West Palmer Street in Franklin; the conflicting 900 Columbia Avenue passage is not used as location evidence.

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

Published Index-crime total: 120.

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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• Official department location or contact information