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North Carolina General Assembly Police
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for North Carolina General Assembly Police.
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
General Assembly Police protects legislators, employees, visitors and property associated with North Carolina’s legislative branch. Its operational focus includes the legislative complex and protective assignments at official events. G.S. 120-32.2 sets territorial and duty-related authority, including specified statewide legislative-protection, investigation and travel responsibilities. These provisions should not be summarized as unrestricted routine patrol in every county.
How the agency is organized
The department is part of the Legislative Services framework. Its official description includes visible patrol, emergency response, executive protection and cooperation with other agencies. Training addresses investigations, crowd management, terrorism response and protective duties. It is organizationally distinct from State Capitol Police even though both operate around state government in Raleigh.
Agency history and local context
The department dates its establishment by statute to 1975. Its institutional history centers on keeping the legislative process, historic chambers and surrounding complex accessible and secure. Protection at a visiting dignitary’s event is an assignment of this existing department, not a separately counted event police force.
Official records and officer resources
The department website provides its mission, job opportunities and lost-property information. General Assembly public-records contacts and visitor directions serve different functions from a police emergency. The general legislature switchboard is not asserted as a dedicated police administrative number.
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 | 25 |
| Civilian employees | 19 |
| Total full-time employees | 44 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 81; published agency label: North Carolina General Assembly . 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 General Assembly Police Department. 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 | 23 |
| Civilian employees | 19 |
| Total full-time employees | 42 |
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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