Sheriff Shep Jones
910.610.1512
Sheriff@scotlandsheriff.org

Mission

Our mission is to strive to build problem-solving partnerships with the community in order to prevent crimes and increase the quality of life in Scotland County. It is our goal to provide all citizens prompt, courteous, and professional services while respecting the rights and dignity of those we encounter.

NetSmartz411.org

NetSmartz411 is parents' and guardians' premier online resource for answering questions about Internet safety, computers and the Web.

Search our knowledge base for answers to all of your questions about the online world! If you can't find what you're looking for, use the "Ask the Experts" tab to send us a new question.

Why come to us?

• We know where you're coming from. Sometimes adults feel like they don't know quite as much as their children do about the Internet. This site is your opportunity to learn more. Anyone – a parent, guardian, grandparent, stepparent, teacher, or concerned friend – is welcome to use NetSmartz411 to better understand the opportunities and challenges children face online.
• We are experts. Your question will be answered by professionals who know a lot about Internet safety – the real-life analysts at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. We handle daily reports about the online exploitation of children, and know steps you can take to keep the children and teens in your life safer online.

NetSmartz411 is provided at no cost to the public by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. This service is made possible by generous donations from the Qwest Foundation.

New Community Information Service - Nixle

This service, Nixle, delivers trustworthy and important neighborhood-level public safety and community event notifications instantly sent to you by cell phone text message, email, and web. There is NO Spam or Advertising.  Nixle is completely free (standard text message rates apply for cell phone subscribers who do not have text plans with their cell phone providers).

Receive important updates by TXT MSG to your phone and email.  Simply sign up for NIXLE.  Learn more at www.nixle.com.  We would ask you to forward this email to 5 of your neighbors or friends in the community and recommend that they register to receive neighborhood information.

Lottery & Sweepstatkes Scams

If you wish to report lottery and/or sweepstakes scam checks, please contact the NC Attorney General's Office at 1.877.566.7226.  You can also mail scam checks directly to the AG's Office at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001.

Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

ID theft happens when a criminal steals personal information – your Social Security number, date of birth, account numbers – and uses it to gain access to your accounts, apply for credit, or to avoid being charged with a crime. But you’re not helpless. Use these GUIDES to start protecting yourself now.  (Source:http://noscamnc.gov).  Also visit FinancialPrivacyNow.org for more timely information concerning crime prevention measures of your identity.

Sex Offender Notification

Register to receive an email notification when a Registered Sex Offender moves in your neighborhood?  Access the Sex Offender Registry.