North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1937 |
| Jurisdiction | North Carolina |
| Headquarters | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Employees | 574 |
| Agency executives |
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| Parent department | North Carolina Department of Public Safety |
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is a state-level law enforcement agency in North Carolina. The agency has statewide jurisdiction and investigates homicides, robberies, property crimes and case thought to be serious. The agency is usually requested by the local police or sheriff departments to be part of any case.
In 2012, the SBI received its fifth reaccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
In 1925 the North Carolina General Assembly created the State Bureau of Identification. At the time it was attached to the newly formed Department of Corrections. The deputy warden H. H. Honeycutt was designated as the director of the new Bureau. A fingerprint laboratory along with the office space for the Bureau was located on prison ground. The funding for the bureau would come from appropriations made to the prison system. The bureau’s main responsibly was to keep track of police and criminal records within the state and to receive and send information to other states. The bureau also conducted studies on the records they received.
The General Assembly 1937 passed legislation that established the State Bureau of Identification and Investigation (SBII) which was directly overseen by the governor. To finance the bureau every criminal case finally disposed of the courts $1 additional cost was assessed and paid to the State Treasurer of North Carolina. One-half of this amount was to be allotted to the bureau. In 1942 the then-director of the SBI Fred C. Handy wrote this in the News & Observer a local newspaper regarding the early months for the agency.
“One year after the passage of the act, on March 15,1938, the governor Clyde R. Hoey appointed a director with authority to proceed with the creation and operation of the bureau… On July 1, 1938, the first special agent was appointed, and during the same month a firearms identification and questioned document expert entered the services of the bureau. On Aug. 15, 1938, the first fingerprint expert was employed. Necessary scientific equipment for the bureau was secured during the following months and made ready for service to the enforcement agencies of the state…”
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