Long View Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Long View Police Department serves the Town of Long View, which lies in both Catawba and Burke counties. The town's official history explains that local addresses have used Hickory for mail even though Long View has its own municipal government and police department. The police contact page lists 2404 1st Avenue SW, Hickory, NC 28602, and 828-327-2343. The town footer uses Long View for the same street location. Those two city labels should not be mistaken for two stations or for an assignment to Hickory Police. The agency's own phone listing is used here in preference to a different number in the county's general directory.

How the agency is organized

The public organization includes Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Animal Control, a chaplain function, community resource outreach, and a School Resource Officer function. Patrol provides continuous service, responds to calls and traffic crashes, checks homes and businesses, and prepares case reports. A reserve-officer program supplements patrol. The investigations page directs people with crime or narcotics information to call the department and ask for an investigator. Animal services is identified as a Support Services function and works with both Catawba and Burke county animal-service partners. This reflects the town's position across a county line and gives directory users a clearer route to the relevant function.

Agency history and local context

The town's published fire-service history records that police and fire were combined under a public-safety organization in 1994. Emergency services moved to 2404 1st Avenue SW the following year. The combined public-safety organization ended in 2001, when the fire department was re-established. These dates describe an organizational chapter rather than the original founding of police service. Long View's separate municipal identity, including its two-word name, is documented in the town's account of its March 8, 1907 charter.

Official records and officer resources

The official Join LVPD page provides four application documents: the department application, NCDOJ F-3, a department information-release authorization, and a state release authorization. It directs sworn applicants to complete all four and explains the electronic submission option. The department resource page links neighboring agencies and court information, but it is not an employee policy manual. No current public employee grievance procedure was verified. Existing personnel should obtain the relevant policy through department administration or the town rather than infer an appeal process from application paperwork or a general public-services page.

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: Long View. 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 Long View. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Does Not Participate. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Sources: SBI agency reporting status · SBI law-enforcement personnel.

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 police contact and organization
• About Long View: Catawba and Burke counties
• Town history and mailing identity
• Public safety merger and headquarters move chronology
• Patrol and reserve program
• Criminal Investigations
• Animal Control and county partners
• Sworn officer application documents
• Department public resources