FBI agency record
Gaston County Police Department
Gaston County, North Carolina
Serves ~84,880 residents · UCR reported
The Gaston County Police Department is a law enforcement agency of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is one of only two County Police police agencies within the State of North Carolina along with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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Open data
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 151
- Part-time sworn
- 19
- Full-time civilian
- 100
- Part-time civilian
- 4
- Total FT employees
- 251
- Population served
- 86,383
- Operating budget
- $15,000,000
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 133
- Civilians (2025)
- 118
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
POP conference activity
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