NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Mitchell County Sheriff's Office
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Mitchell County Sheriff's Office.
- Agency or unit type
- County sheriff
- County guides
- Mitchell County
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published contact
- 828-688-3982
- Published office location
- 305 Baker Lane, Bakersville, NC 28705
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
The Sheriff’s Office is Mitchell County’s county law-enforcement agency. Its published responsibilities include investigation and prevention of crime; the county directory separately identifies Bakersville and Spruce Pine municipal police.
How the agency is organized
The official personnel directory identifies a chief deputy, administrative staff, a captain, detectives, deputies, court-security positions, and a K9/DARE assignment. Its website also provides a Flock camera transparency portal and emergency-alert links. These listed functions describe the agency without treating each assignment as a separate department.
Agency history and local context
A separate agency founding date was not established in the official material reviewed.
Official records and officer resources
The county publishes the Sheriff’s Office nondiscrimination and conflict-of-interest policies. Its Human Resources department provides an employment-application route and support for county departments. The sheriff page lists several different telephone numbers for personnel and office services; use the office number for general administrative questions.
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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 | 23 |
| Civilian employees | 1 |
| Total full-time employees | 24 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 80; published agency label: Mitchell. 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 Mitchell Co. Sheriff. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Does Not Participate. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 27 |
| Civilian employees | 0 |
| Total full-time employees | 27 |
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.
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