Halifax County Sheriff’s Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office provides county law-enforcement services from its Ferrell Lane office in Halifax. It is separate from municipal departments in Enfield, Littleton, Roanoke Rapids, Scotland Neck, Weldon and Hobgood. The Town of Halifax’s name should not be confused with the larger county jurisdiction.

How the agency is organized

The sheriff publishes a command-staff directory explaining leadership and division oversight, including responsibilities for resources, training and equipment. The public site also provides division and program information. This structure makes the division contact more useful than a generic county-government address for an operational or personnel inquiry.

Official records and officer resources

The office’s contact page supplies the public number and location. Operation Medicine Drop is one example of its published community services and includes collection information. For police records, policy or employment matters, identify the relevant sheriff function and use the official directory; a local municipal report should be requested from that town instead.

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

Published Index-crime total: 516.

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
• Command structure
• Operation Medicine Drop