The Bladen County Detention Center and the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office suspended noncriminal fingerprinting and visitation at their facility in March of 2020 to minimize the health risk from the (COVID-19 Pandemic) coronavirus’s spread. Today, the Sheriff’s Office released an announcement stating fingerprinting for employment and concealed carry permits will resume on Monday, February 8, 2021.
“By putting further health and safety safeguards into place at the sheriff’s office, this will allow us to resume fingerprinting”, said Sheriff Jim McVicker. “Putting off fingerprinting only puts us further behind. We will
assign additional personnel and are attempting to procure additional fingerprinting equipment to help us catch up and provide this service to the citizens of Bladen County”.
At this time, the Sheriff’s Office will not be providing fingerprinting for residents who live outside of Bladen County. When making an appointment, you should make sure your driver’s license address is within Bladen County.
To schedule an appointment, contact Sheryl Young or Tracy Hatcher at
(910) 862-6960.
The Sheriff’s Office previously tried to allow visitations at their facility; however, the visitations were suspended again due to the increased COVID-19 cases in the area. According to Chief Deputy, Mac Warner with the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, the Sheriff’s Office is in the process of trying to allow visitations again. Still, they are waiting for the COVID-19 cases to decrease some more in the area.
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