This is the official Facebook Page for the Emerald Isle Police department.This page was created as a means of disseminating important information to the public to maintain transparency in our daily operations and interactions with our community.
This is a family-friendly page so we ask that you please keep your comments and walls posts clean.
Once posted, the Police Department reserves the right to delete comments that:
• Contain vulgar language, personal attacks of any kind, or offensive comments that target or disparage any ethnic, racial, or religious group
• Contain sexual content or links to sexual content
• Harass or constitute a personal attack on another user or entity
• Are not topically related to Town sponsored programs, services, projects, issues, community events, and activities or the particular post being commented upon
• Are spam, or advertising solicitations
• Advocate illegal activity
• Support or oppose political campaigns, political organizations, or ballot measures
Any comment, feedback or other method of communication that is made by someone other than an official representative of the Town of Emerald Isle is solely the view and opinion of the author alone. It does not represent an official communication from the Town of Emerald Isle, the police department or any member of its staff.
This page is updated as needed and may not be regularly monitored for questions or comments. Any communication via this Facebook page, whether by a Town representative or the general public, is subject to North Carolina Public Records Law.
The Emerald Isle Police Department is comprised of 33 sworn officers and 5 non-sworn civilian employees who serve a year round population of approximately 3800 residents, and an estimated summer population of 45,000 to 60,000 people living and vacationing within a 5.2 square mile area in coastal North Carolina. The department answers an average of about 12,000 calls for service a year and provides a full range of professional law enforcement services that include patrol, traffic control and enforcement, investigations, public education programs, and community outreach programs and services.
