Sheriffs' Training & Standards

The North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission is responsible for the certification of all deputy sheriffs, detention officers, and telecommunicators employed in the one hundred Sheriffs' Offices in this state. The commission also oversees the establishment, maintenance, and upgrading of acceptable courses of training for these officers.

Resulting from the creation of the Commission, the Sheriffs' Standards Division was established as part of the Department of Justice. The primary objective of this Division is to act as staff to the Commission in carrying out its responsibilities.