Sampson County Sheriff’s Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The Sampson County Sheriff’s Office supplies county law enforcement and supports communities outside the jurisdictions of Clinton and Newton Grove police. Official local sources also document sheriff coverage in Roseboro and Garland. Those contractual arrangements should not be counted as separate municipal police departments.

How the agency is organized

The county describes a full-service organization with Administration, Patrol Operations, Support Services, Investigation and Detention divisions. Duties include patrol, investigations, civil and criminal process, court security and detention. These functions explain why a sheriff contact can differ from the city officer who investigated an incident.

Agency history and local context

Roseboro’s official public-safety page dates its sheriff-service arrangement to January 2009. Garland’s July 2024 ordinance document describes sheriff protection supplemented by off-duty deputies. These are service milestones, not sheriff-office founding dates.

Official records and officer resources

The county website links Citizen Connect information for incidents, arrests and jail records. It also provides fingerprinting and concealed-handgun permit information and explains that property returns are arranged by appointment. Applicants and officers should use the county’s current employment and division contacts rather than legacy roster entries.

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: Sampson. 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: Sampson. 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 Sampson 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: 791.

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.

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