Mars Hill Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Mars Hill Police serves the town and expressly includes the Mars Hill University community in its official service description. The university’s own security department is non-sworn; it is therefore distinguished from this municipal police employer.

How the agency is organized

The town describes community-oriented policing and publishes a medication-disposal service at the administration-office lobby. Its Community Well-Check Program uses daily calls to eligible residents living alone within town limits. If contact cannot be established through the participant or emergency contact, police can make an in-person check.

Official records and officer resources

The official police page gives a police-specific North Main Street address and number and links the well-check application. University campus-security information explains cooperation with town police. A university conduct or safety record may be separate from a town officer’s police report.

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: Mars Hill. 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 Mars Hill. 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 agency or employing-government information
• University non-sworn campus security and police relationship