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The North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) is the highway patrol agency for North Carolina which has no per-se "state police" agency. The Patrol has jurisdiction anywhere in the state except for federal or military installations and on the Cherokee Indian Reservation or on Cherokee outlying lands in the western mountains.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of North Carolina.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 504 law enforcement agencies employing 23,442 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents. [1]
The North Carolina State Capitol Police is a capitol police force responsible for policing North Carolina state government buildings in Wake County, North Carolina. Officers have the same jurisdiction as a Raleigh police officer would have within the city limits. They also have jurisdiction on state property statewide.
By law, a search warrant allows North Carolina law enforcement officers to search designated premises, vehicles, or persons for the purpose of seizing specific items that are believed to be stolen ...
The state Supreme Court’s ruling will likely ease the process of obtaining law enforcement recordings, which for almost a decade has been subject to an uncommon carve-out in North Carolina law.
In North Carolina, as in most states, even advising someone on how to fill out a basic legal form can sometimes be considered the unauthorized practice of law — a Class 1 misdemeanor.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) is an umbrella agency that carries out many of the state's law enforcement, emergency response and homeland security functions. The department was created in 1977 as the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.
If you get pulled over by police in North Carolina, you’ll most likely have to show them your license and registration. Law enforcement also has the right to question you during a traffic stop.