Roanoke Rapids Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Roanoke Rapids Police is the municipal law-enforcement department for the City of Roanoke Rapids in Halifax County. The city’s official department page supplies its police-service information; the sheriff remains a separate county agency.

How the agency is organized

The department describes a commitment to trained personnel, community engagement and partnerships with residents and other agencies. Its public materials should be used to establish the actual current organization rather than interpreting a mission statement as a staffing count or a measure of performance.

Official records and officer resources

The police page provides local contacts and links to community resources, including Halifax County Crime Stoppers. The county’s official newcomer directory publishes the police service number. The general number in the city website header is not presented here as the police department’s direct number. Records or employment inquiries should clearly identify the police department.

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 8; published agency label: Roanoke Rapids. CIUS_Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_City_2025.xlsx

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 78; published agency label: Roanoke Rapids. 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 Roanoke Rapids. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Published Index-crime total: 620.

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.

• Official agency or employing-government information
• County public service directory
• Official department location or contact information