Hillsborough Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Hillsborough Police serves the Town of Hillsborough. The Orange County seat also contains county government, sheriff, detention, and court offices, so town police and county institutions must be kept separate. Hillsborough’s officers enforce state law and town ordinances within their municipal service setting. Questions about a report should identify the responding department, rather than relying only on the fact that the incident or government building was in Hillsborough.

How the agency is organized

The town describes two divisions, each led by a captain. Administration covers internal accountability, records, community policing, investigations, recruitment, and training. Operations provides the primary response to 911 calls and includes canine officers. The investigations unit receives cases from operations and works with municipal, state, and federal partners when a case calls for cooperation. A federal partner’s involvement does not make that partner part of the town department.

Official records and officer resources

The police site provides recruitment information, an organizational chart, contact and feedback forms, and access to town news and Orange County emergency notifications. It identifies 919-296-9555 as an anonymous-tip number; the public administrative number is 919-296-9500. For employment or accountability research, the current town classification and department materials are more useful than an undated list of individual officers. Use 911 when emergency response is needed.

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

Published Index-crime total: 480.

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.

• Hillsborough — police divisions and services
• Hillsborough — investigations
• Orange County — agency contact directory