Greensboro Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Greensboro Police serves the City of Greensboro. The department is distinct from the county sheriff, High Point Police and the several college police departments in Guilford County. Greensboro ABC describes a partnership using specially trained Greensboro police officers, so the local ABC assignment is not represented as another independent municipal employer.

How the agency is organized

The city describes management and support bureaus alongside operational police services. Management responsibilities include resources, budget and community engagement. The Support Bureau’s records function maintains police records and processes related requests. Its school-security work involves cooperation with Guilford County Schools, High Point Police and the sheriff.

Agency history and local context

The department reports receiving its first national accreditation on November 9, 1986. That milestone describes an accreditation history rather than the city’s incorporation or the department’s original establishment.

Official records and officer resources

The department publishes a professional-standards contact and a records service. Officers and applicants can use the official city site to identify recruiting information and department organization; residents should distinguish a request for an incident report from a complaint about employee conduct. The non-emergency number above is a service number, not a substitute for 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 78; published agency label: Greensboro. 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 Greensboro. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Published Index-crime total: 13,160.

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 or employing-government information
• Management Bureau
• Support Bureau and records
• ABC partnership