Come witness the signature shivering-and-shrieking spectacle of the Triad.  Our year-long Torch Run for Special Olympics begins now.  Photography and media coverage of all kinds are encouraged and welcomed.  Free admission for all spectators!

Sheriff BJ Barnes announces that on 2/3/2010, Guilford County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested Mr. James Christopher Hardy with the assistance of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office reports crime statistics for the year 2009. Crime statistics are gathered and reported to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. These statistics measure the Part 1 and Part 2 crimes and how they either increase or decrease from year to year.

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office Vice and Narcotics Section reports the seizure of drugs with a street value of $12,356,283.45 during the last year (2009). The seizures were of such drugs as marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin,
MDMA, Psilocybin, Oxycodone, Aderall, Percocet, Hydrocodone, Oxycontin, Methadone, Diazepam, Duragesis and Meperdine.

Why do sworn officers of the law carry guns, and when are they legally used?  How does a jail function?  Exactly what kind of force may be used to restrain a criminal on the street and why?  Do officers carry guns inside jail?  When one dials “911” what chain of events is put in motion, mostly unknown to the caller?  What responsibilities does a sheriff’s office have that a police department may not?  How does our criminal justice system function?

Shortly after 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 24, 2010, Detention Officers in the High Point Detention Center discovered a fire that had apparently just been started in cell 7A33. The fire was extinguished after the inmate was removed to a safe location.