NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Polkton Police Department
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Polkton Police Department.
- Agency or unit type
- Municipal police department
- County guides
- Anson County
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published contact
- 704-272-0130
- Published office location
- 35 West Polk Street, Polkton, NC 28135
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
Polkton’s police department is listed in the town’s official administration and services directory. Its West Polk Street location and police telephone are separate from the municipality’s general Town Hall contact.
How the agency is organized
The municipal directory is the verified source for the department’s administrative identity. It does not provide enough dated detail to describe current specialized units or personnel totals. The county sheriff remains a separate organization even when county and town officers cooperate.
Agency history and local context
The town’s own history traces Polkton to land laid out by Leonidas Lafayette Polk in 1870 and incorporation in 1875. Those dates describe the community; they do not establish the founding year of its present police department.
Official records and officer resources
The services directory lists 704-272-0130 for police contact. The main town website provides broader municipal notices and administrative information. Use the department contact for report-routing or office questions and 911 for emergencies; do not substitute the general Town Hall number for the police line.
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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 | 1 |
| Civilian employees | 0 |
| Total full-time employees | 1 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Polkton. 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 Polkton. 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 | 1 |
| Civilian employees | 0 |
| Total full-time employees | 1 |
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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