NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement.
- Agency or unit type
- State specialized enforcement agency
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published office location
- 525 North Greenfield Parkway, Suite 140, Garner, NC 27529
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
Alcohol Law Enforcement is North Carolina’s lead specialized agency for alcoholic-beverage, lottery and tobacco-law enforcement. Its special agents have statewide criminal-enforcement powers, with an operational emphasis on alcohol-related establishments, illegal sales and associated public-safety problems. State ALE is distinct from local ABC-board law-enforcement agencies; a county ABC officer and a state special agent should not be combined into one record.
How the agency is organized
ALE operates within the Department of Public Safety. Its official overview identifies eight districts based in Jacksonville, Greenville, Hope Mills, Garner, Greensboro, Concord, Conover and Asheville. Those offices support one statewide organization. Public programs include responsible-sales education and nuisance-abatement work, linking investigations with regulatory and community responsibilities.
Agency history and local context
The official history traces state ABC administration to 1937, statewide ABC enforcement to 1949, expanded arrest powers to 1971 and the ALE name to 1977. It records placement within SBI in 2014 and return as a DPS division in 2019. These changes explain differences in older agency listings.
Official records and officer resources
Use ALE’s current district contacts for case routing and the BARS program for seller-training information. The official physical headquarters is 525 North Greenfield Parkway, Suite 140, Garner, NC 27529; its Raleigh mail-service address is a different destination. Undated agent totals are excluded from current staffing comparisons.
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 | 97 |
| Civilian employees | 20 |
| Total full-time employees | 117 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 81; published agency label: Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement. Table_81_Full_time_Law_Enforcement_Employees_by_State_by_State_Tribal_and_Other_Agencies_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 North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement. 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 | 98 |
| Civilian employees | 18 |
| Total full-time employees | 116 |
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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