NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Maxton Police Department
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Maxton Police Department.
- Agency or unit type
- Municipal police
- County guides
- Robeson County · Scotland County
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published contact
- 910-844-5667
- Published office location
- 105 North Florence Street, Maxton, NC 28364
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
Maxton Police is the municipal department for the Town of Maxton, a community spanning Robeson and Scotland counties. The town’s employment portal publishes separate police-officer and dispatcher recruitment material. This directory links one department from both county guides instead of creating duplicate agencies.
How the agency is organized
The town’s published officer notice describes general-duty law enforcement and patrol. Its separate dispatcher notice describes receiving calls, sending appropriate assistance, radio communications and information retrieval. The state’s Alcohol Law Enforcement agency also documented a 2021 joint nuisance-abatement investigation with Maxton Police, illustrating interagency cooperation without a change in the town department’s identity.
Official records and officer resources
Use the official town employment page for the application and current opening status, and town administration for the current police records or office contact. Maxton’s own history traces its 1874 incorporation as Shoe Hill and adoption of the Maxton name in 1887. Those town dates provide community context and are not presented as police-department founding dates.
Explore local history, other agencies, court resources and regional FBI/SBI contacts in Robeson County · Scotland County.
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.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 6 |
| Civilian employees | 0 |
| Total full-time employees | 6 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Maxton. 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 Maxton. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 7 |
| Civilian employees | 2 |
| Total full-time employees | 9 |
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 1 |
| Rape | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Aggravated assault | 4 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Larceny-theft | 15 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 3 |
Published Index-crime total: 26.
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.
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