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Wake County John H. Baker Jr. Public Safety Center The sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Wake County, North Carolina. [ 1 ] Sheriffs within the State of North Carolina are directly elected to four-year terms . [ 2 ]
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office has a vacancy rate of about 26%, or 220 vacancies out of 837 staff positions, including 100 in the jail, recent records requested by The N&O show.
At the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, body camera implementation began in 2021. Matching federal Department of Justice grant funding, the office bought 200 cameras for $400,000.
Wake County leaders are seeking a new way to honor a local deputy who was shot and killed in the line of duty. Deputy Ned Byrd was fatally shot on Aug. 11, 2022, after he stopped to check out a ...
Thursday night’s death comes days after a report that Wake County’s jail system needs more room. The average daily jail population was 1,383 in 2023, up 68% from 2000, forcing some inmates to ...
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]
Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker gives an update on the killing of Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd during a press conference Thursday, August 18, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C.
Wake County Deputy A. Staton and Sasha, K-9 partner of slain Wake County Sheriff’s Deputy Ned Byrd, lead the N.C. State Highway Patrol’s Caisson Unit during a procession for Deputy Byrd before ...