Police Department

Mission Statement:

To provide the community with an alternative manner of solving community-based problems by encouraging the interaction and cooperation of the Police Department and citizens. 

“By working together, we will strive to recognize, identify, and solve problems, thereby improving the ‘quality of life’ for our community.”

Leadership

Community Policing

The Ayden Community Policing Program is designed to work with citizens, property owners, and business owners to create a safe community and environment to live, work, and play. The Ayden Community Policing Council was founded over twenty years ago and is still very much active.

The Council meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Ayden Community Building, 548 Second Street, at 6:00 pm. All citizens and business owners are welcome to attend and work with the Ayden Police Officers to identify opportunities for a safer community. For more information about the Ayden Community Policing Council, please call (252) 481-5834.

Wreck Reports

You can now access wreck reports online by clicking the link below.

https://ayden.ecrash.interplat.com/SearchReports.aspx

Police Department Call Logs

Fingerprinting Services

Programs

The following are programs that the Ayden Police Department offers to the community and have been a successful component to providing a safe environment for all of Ayden.

• Shop with a Cop
• Elderly Watch Program – Click here for application
• Citizen’s Police Academy – Click here for Application
• National Night Out
• Halloween Safe Night Out
• Neighborhood Watch
• Touch-A-Truck
• Coffee with a Cop
• Neighborhood Meet and Greets
• Community Policing Council
• Random Acts of Kindness
• E-Z Call Program 

Community Presence

The Ayden Police Department works with the citizens to recognize and reduce crime as well as improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods in which they live. The Ayden Police Department was presented with the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Community Oriented Policing and has won the OASIS award for excellence in school-related programs.

Telecommunications

The Town of Ayden maintains its own communications center.  Around-the-clock dispatchers are able to take police calls, dispatch officers, and they also take emergency electrical phone calls.  

Animal Control

Pitt County and the Town of Ayden have entered into a new agreement that allows for the County’s Animal Control Officers to assist the Town with its animal control and sheltering services, beginning Saturday, June 1, 2024.

This new agreement will make reclaims, adoptions and reporting stray or lost/found animals more convenient for the citizens of Ayden.  

Citizens will continue to contact the Ayden Police Department to report animal complaints and stray, lost or found animals.

As part of the agreement, the Town has adopted Pitt County’s Comprehensive Animal Control Ordinances.

Fentanyl Education

Parents, guardians, educators, and anyone responsible for children must rely on drug prevention education to safeguard children and teens from this growing threat. Please click the graphic below to learn about the dangers of fentanyl and how to prevent fentanyl use in your home.

Forms

House Check Form
Complaint Affidavit
Request for Records Release

These forms can be downloaded and filled out and returned to the Ayden Police Department.