Norwood Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Norwood Police is the municipal agency serving the town. The official department description emphasizes community policing and local relationships. County sheriff responsibilities remain separate from the town’s police operation.

How the agency is organized

The town publishes a dedicated police address at 139 North Main Street. This should not be confused with the general town-hall address. The reviewed page confirms the department and contact route but does not support an elaborate unit or staffing inventory.

Agency history and local context

No verified founding date was located in the reviewed official source. The police profile therefore focuses on documented present services and the town’s jurisdiction.

Official records and officer resources

Use the municipal police page and its listed office number for records routing and ordinary department questions. Before requesting a report, identify whether Norwood Police or another agency investigated the event; the event’s county alone does not determine which office holds the report.

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.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Norwood. 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 Norwood. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Does Not Participate. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

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.

• Official agency information
• NC SBI 2026 agency roster, published December 1, 2025; historical identity cross-check