Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2006

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan	County	Total law enforcement employees	Total officers	Total civilians
Metropolitan Counties	Alamance	204	104	100
	Alexander	44	31	13
	Anson	54	28	26
	Brunswick	139	100	39
	Buncombe	325	228	97
	Burke	105	82	23
	Cabarrus	176	170	6
	Caldwell	105	67	38
	Catawba	118	108	10
	Chatham	88	70	18
	Cumberland	503	260	243
	Currituck	86	54	32
	Davie	63	34	29
	Durham	405	158	247
	Edgecombe	128	51	77
	Forsyth	523	207	316
	Franklin	93	46	47
	Gaston¹	203	114	89
	Gaston County Police Department¹	206	127	79
	Greene	41	25	16
	Guilford	510	247	263
	Haywood	84	45	39
	Henderson	166	127	39
	Hoke	74	48	26
	Johnston	177	99	78
	Madison	29	19	10
	Mecklenburg²	1,085	279	806
	Nash	125	73	52
	New Hanover	363	265	98
	Onslow	144	99	45
	Orange	135	91	44
	Pender	76	44	32
	Person	79	42	37
	Pitt	255	117	138
	Randolph	212	154	58
	Rockingham	133	90	43
	Stokes	60	40	20
	Union	221	161	60
	Wake	760	345	415
	Wayne	148	82	66
	Yadkin	57	34	23
Nonmetropolitan Counties	Alleghany	27	11	16
	Ashe	38	20	18
	Avery	29	21	8
	Beaufort	71	43	28
	Bertie	30	22	8
	Bladen	77	48	29
	Camden	17	16	1
	Carteret	83	39	44
	Caswell	39	26	13
	Cherokee	44	23	21
	Chowan	37	18	19
	Clay	17	13	4
	Cleveland	120	78	42
	Columbus	102	62	40
	Craven	115	59	56
	Dare	137	59	78
	Davidson	179	121	58
	Duplin	81	62	19
	Gates	11	10	1
	Graham	19	11	8
	Granville	79	40	39
	Halifax	73	49	24
	Harnett	156	100	56
	Hertford	55	21	34
	Hyde	16	11	5
	Iredell	208	151	57
	Jackson	63	42	21
	Jones	14	8	6
	Lee	69	38	31
	Lenoir	92	55	37
	Lincoln	148	76	72
	Macon	60	41	19
	Martin	30	27	3
	McDowell	62	43	19
	Mitchell	16	14	2
	Montgomery	42	29	13
	Moore	110	71	39
	Northampton	55	18	37
	Pamlico	34	11	23
	Pasquotank	42	38	4
	Perquimans	13	11	2
	Polk	43	26	17
	Richmond	77	52	25
	Robeson	224	114	110
	Rowan	153	107	46
	Rutherford	104	66	38
	Sampson	100	69	31
	Scotland	54	30	24
	Stanly	67	44	23
	Surry	92	69	23
	Swain	16	15	1
	Transylvania	56	45	11
	Tyrrell	13	7	6
	Vance	88	45	43
	Warren	48	23	25
	Washington	37	17	20
	Watauga	70	36	34
	Wilkes	111	69	42
	Wilson	120	71	49
	Yancey	25	15	10

¹ The employee data are listed separately for both Gaston County and Gaston County Police Department, North Carolina. However, Gaston County reports its crime figures combined with those of the Gaston County Police Department; they can be found in Table 10 under Gaston County Police Department.
² The employee data presented in this table for Mecklenburg represent only Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office employees and exclude Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department employees.

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