The Patrol Bureau is comprised of four teams, consisting of a Captain, four Lieutenants, four Sergeants, and over 28 full time officers, several reserve officers, a parking enforcement officer, a school resource officer, and an administrative assistant.

These teams periodically rotate on a five and three month rotation between the day shift and the night shift.  The teams work a rotating shift with every other weekend off.

The bureau is responsible for all initial calls for service in the field.  Calls range from disturbances such as loud music and barking dogs to auto accidents, assaults, domestic disturbances, and other crimes within our jurisdiction.  The Bureau is also responsible for subpoena and warrant service and is a first line of defense in the interdiction of illicit drugs within our community. 

 Roll Call & Training Room

Officer's Computer Workstation

 Dodge Charger Patrol Vehicle

The Captain of Patrol Services is Doug Jones.

Captain Jones previously served in Mitchell County as a Deputy Sheriff from

May 1987 until February 1989.

Captain Jones started with our agency in 1989 as a Patrol Officer I.  He then transferred to the Criminal Investigations Bureau in December 1991 and was promoted to the rank of P.O. II in September 1993, then Sergeant in December 1994, then Lieutenant in December 1997,  and then to Captain in July 1998.

Captain Jones transferred to the Patrol Captain position in January 2008.

 Captain Jones at a Training Exercise

The program has also attempted to increase cooperation in relationships between Students, Faculty, Parents and the Community.

It is the Department's goal to become mentors to the youth in our schools through positive interaction and to developed a rapport with our young people, giving them the tools they need to make beneficial informed decisions in their lives.   

SRO Greg Cathcart

The Hendersonville Police Department's Selective Enforcement Team (S.E.T.) is a highly trained team of police officers trained to respond to "High Risk" police emergencies and incidents such as drug raids, hostage situations, armed and barricaded suspects, drug interdiction, and search and rescue missions.

Officers are trained in the use of special police tactical equipment. Some of the equipment officers use include police assault rifles, tear gas, stun grenades, and special telescopic devices to name a few. Each officer must participate in advance tactical team training assignments to maintain and sharpen his or her tactical and officer survival skills. Officers train in building entry and search techniques, rappelling, sniper training, high-risk intelligence gathering procedures as well as other areas of expertise.

 Three HPD SET members on a recent training exercise.

The Hendersonville Police Department was one of the state's first seven D.A.R.E. agencies. Back in 1986 our department was selected as one of seven pilot sites to present the D.A.R.E. program and the only agency in Western North Carolina at the time. 

Since then the department's D.A.R.E. program has grown in leaps and bounds and continues to be one of the state's best and most innovative programs.

The Hendersonville Police Department was also one of the first to initiate a 8th grade D.A.R.E. curriculum. Since its inception, the department's D.A.R.E. program has taught thousands of youth how to stay drug free and violence free. 

Each year our agency has a D.A.R.E. tent at the Apple Festival to earn funds for our program.