Perquimans County Sheriff's Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The Perquimans County Sheriff’s Office is based in Hertford and provides county law-enforcement services. Hertford is the county seat of Perquimans County; it is not Hertford County, which has a different sheriff. County commissioners’ 2021 minutes document the consolidation of Hertford’s municipal police service into a contract arrangement with the sheriff. SBI’s 2024 reporting-status table identifies Hertford as having no police department and Winfall as covered by another jurisdiction. Those historical labels should not be converted into invented current municipal staffing totals.

How the agency is organized

The sheriff’s official county page publishes the administrative office at 110 N. Church Street and a separate post-office mailing address. Its public resources include anonymous tips, concealed-handgun permitting, community video participation, and a current-year fee schedule. The agency emphasizes cooperation with other enforcement organizations. Its public page does not supply a sufficiently detailed, dated divisional chart to justify inventing specialized units or a current personnel count.

Official records and officer resources

The recruitment material provides a county application and the F-3 personal-history form, with reference to the North Carolina standards governing deputy appointments. Applicants should verify the current position requirements directly in the county posting. The public administrative phone is 252-426-5615. Detention and regional-jail questions should be directed to the appropriate facility rather than assumed to use the administrative-office contact. Use 911 for emergencies.

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 10; published agency label: Perquimans. CIUS_Table_10_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_Metropolitan_and_Nonmetropolitan_Counties_2025.xlsx

This is a county-level agency row, not the total for every police department or every offense in the county.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 80; published agency label: Perquimans. 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 Perquimans Co. Sheriff. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Published Index-crime total: 137.

Sources: SBI agency reporting status · SBI law-enforcement personnel · SBI Index offenses by agency in county.

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.

• Perquimans County — sheriff services and contacts
• Perquimans County — 2021 municipal-service agreement
• SBI — 2024 reporting-status table
• NC Sheriffs’ Association — agency contact