Washington Police Department

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

Washington Police is the City of Washington’s municipal department in Beaufort County, North Carolina. Current sheriff announcements identify it as an active partner, and the city’s published employment package supplies a department-specific recruiting resource.

How the agency is organized

The current municipal police website separates Administration, Uniformed Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Support Services, and Crime Prevention. It publishes police employment, contact, and staff-directory resources. These functions belong to the city department, distinct from county sheriff services.

Official records and officer resources

The current city page identifies 251 Bridge Street and 252-946-1444 as the police location and telephone. This address supersedes the older John Small Avenue location printed in a previous employment package. Applicants should consult the current city police-employment page for vacancies and instructions. The department also provides city-code and ordinance information and welcomes administrative questions through its official contacts.

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: Washington. 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: Washington. 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 Washington. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Published Index-crime total: 374.

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.

• Washington Police — current department page
• Washington Police Department — official information
• Washington Police — official employment package
• Beaufort Sheriff — 2026 Washington Police cooperation