Chief of Police Robert D. Bowlin
rbowlin@wilkesboropd.com


Chief Bowlin joined the department in October 1984. He holds a bachelors degree in criminal justice from Gardner-Webb University and the advanced law enforcement certificate. He has served in all divisions of the department.

Major S.L. Dowell
sdowell@wilkesboropd.com


Major Dowell joined the department in August 1984 and has an associate's degree in criminal justice from Wilkes Community College. He has the advanced law enforcement certificate, is second-in-command and the assistant to the police chief.

Captain C.S. Garris
cgarris@wilkesboropd.com


Capt. Garris joined the department in Oct. 1997 and currently serves as Criminal Investigations Commander and SWAT commander. He holds a bachelors degree from Gardner-Webb University in criminal justice and the advanced law enforcement certificate.

Captain R.T. Rhodes
trhodes@wilkesboropd.com


Captain Rhodes joined the department in February 2002 and currently serves as the Patrol Division Commander.


Lieutenant J.L. Delbert
jdelbert@wilkesboropd.com


Lieutenant Delbert joined the department in March 2000 and is responsible for Special Operations, the SWAT team leader and CALEA accreditation.


Lieutenant R.L. Moore
rmoore@wilkesboropd.com


Lieutenant Moore joined the department in March 2003 and is the Adam team commander. He is a member of the "SWAT" Team and a police training lieutenant.


Lieutenant J.T. Patterson
jpatterson@wilkesboropd.com


Lieutenant Patterson joined the department in March 2004 and is the Charlie patrol team commander, a police training lieutenant as well as a member of the "SWAT" Team.


Lieutenant R.D. Price, Jr.
rprice@wilkesboropd.com


Lieutenant Price joined the department in January 2002 and is the David team commander and a police training lieutenant.


Lieutenant C.E. Handy
chandy@wilkesboropd.com


Lieutenant Handy joined the department in October 2002 and is assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division. He is also a member of the "SWAT" Team and a police training lieutenant.


Investigator S. P. Rose
srose@wilkesboropd.com


Inv. Rose joined the department in May 2004 and is the department's network systems administrator as well as investigator in the Criminal Investigative Division. Rose is a member of the "SWAT" Team and a police training officer.

Investigator D.L. Thornton
dthornton@wilkesboropd.com


Thornton joined the department in December 1992 and currently serves as an investigator in the Criminal Investigative Division. He holds an associate degree in criminal justice from Wilkes Community College.


Officer K.D. Elledge
kelledge@WilkesboroPD.com


Officer Elledge joined our department in August 2005 and is the Traffic Enforcement Officer. She holds an associate degree in physical education from Wilkes Community College.


Officer G.T. Anderson
ganderson@WilkesboroPD.com


Officer Anderson joined the department in March of 2007 and is a member of the Baker patrol team.


Officer B.J. McManus
bmcmanus@WilkesboroPD.com


Officer McManus joined our department in August of 2007 and is a member of the Adam patrol team, a PTO, bicycle patrolman and has a bachelors degree in criminal justice from ASU as well as the intermediate law enforcement certificate.

Officer D.R. Church
dchurch@WilkesboroPD.com


Officer Church joined our department in January of 2008 and is a member of the David patrol team. He holds an advanced law enforcement certificate and AAS degree in criminal justice from Wilkes Comm. College.


Officer C.P. Arnder
carnder@WilkesboroPD.com


Officer Arnder joined the department May 2008 and is a member of the Adam patrol team.


Officer D.A. Taylor
dtaylor@WilkesboroPD.com


Offier Taylor joined our department in February of 2009 and is a member of the David Team.


Officer T.J. Turbyfill
tturbyfill@WilkesboroPD.com


Officer Turbyfill joined the department in October 2009 and is a member of the Baker team.


Telecommunicator R. Minton
rminton@wilkesboropd.com


Minton joined the department in May 2003 and currently serves as telecommunicator in the Administrative Services department.


Clerk A. Shaw
ashaw@wilkesboropd.com


Shaw joined the department in July 2003 and is our Administrative Services clerk.


Reserve Sergeant K.L. Coles
kcoles@wilkesboropd.com


Sergeant Coles joined the department in April 1979 and is the Reserve Officers Sergeant.


Officer R.E. Prince
rprince@wilkesboropd.com


Officer Prince joined the department in March 2001 and is a reserve patrol officer.


Officer C.L. Shew
cshew@wilkesboropd.com


Officer Shew joined the department in December 2001 and is a reserve patrol officer. He is the Chief Deputy at the Wilkes County Sheriff's Office and has 27 years experience.