North Carolina Department of Adult Correction Special Operations and Intelligence Unit

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

SOIU supports public and staff safety through corrections-related investigations, intelligence and joint operations. Sworn investigators work with state and federal partners on fugitives and other criminal matters. Its mission connects prison and community-supervision information; it is not an independent general-patrol department for each county.

How the agency is organized

The official description identifies investigations and security-risk-group intelligence, special operations investigators, canine and drone support, and communications. Communications functions include criminal-information records, officer radio support, inmate-phone investigations and extradition coordination. Partnerships with FBI, USMS, DEA, ATF, Homeland Security and SBI are operational relationships, not separate new agencies for every task force.

Agency history and local context

The unit’s official page dates transfer of GangNet administration from the Highway Patrol to July 2020. That is a database-program milestone rather than the unit’s creation date. Older DPS-branded materials should be reconciled with the current Department of Adult Correction organization.

Official records and officer resources

The published unit contact is 2020 Yonkers Road in Raleigh and 919-838-3565. GangNet access is restricted to appropriately employed, certified users under the program’s rules; the public directory should link program guidance rather than imply public database access. Unit staffing or warrant totals from undated pages are not current population statistics.

FBI data · 2025

No unambiguous match for this agency was made in the FBI 2025 agency tables used for this directory. This does not mean the agency had no crime, no officers or no reporting obligation.

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.

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 SOIU mission, sections and contact
• Current departmental placement
• Dated historical program presentation