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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]
Louisburg is a town in and the county seat of Franklin County, North Carolina, United States.As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,064. [4] The town is located approximately 29 miles northeast of the state capital, Raleigh, and located about 31 miles south of the Virginia border.
Laurinburg is a city in and the county seat of Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. [6] Located in southern North Carolina near the South Carolina border, Laurinburg is southwest of Fayetteville and is home to St. Andrews University .
Scotland County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Its county seat is and largest community is Laurinburg.The county was formed in 1899 from part of Richmond County and named in honor of the Scottish settlers who occupied the area in the 1700s.
Scotland Correctional Institution is a state men's prison in Laurinburg, North Carolina, first opened in 2003 and operated by the North Carolina Department of Correction. The stated capacity is 1,756 prisoners. [1]
As a part of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety Division of Prisons, it opened in 2008, and housed, as of January 2016, a maximum of 1,402 inmates, [1] providing over 500 jobs to the economically depressed area. The original maximum number of inmates housed at the prison was 1,500.
Swain County is a county located on the far western border of the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,117. [1] Its county seat is Bryson City.
Wilson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,784. [1] The county seat is Wilson. [2] The county comprises the Wilson, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included within the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC Combined Statistical Area.