North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries

Marine Patrol Contacts

Marine Patrol officers in North Carolina serve in three districts situated from Virgina to the South Carolina border. In addition to these three districts, headquaters and aviation staff are based in Morehead City, and the large patrol vessel Roanoke is based at Oregon Inlet.
District One - Northern coast from VA line, Manteo to Swanquarter including the Outer Banks to Ocracoke.

Contact Lt. Don Twyne:
email Donovan.Twyne@ncmail.net
Phone: 800-405-7774 or 252-796-1322

District Two - Central Area from Pungo River, Neuse River, New Bern, Morehead City to Emerald Isle

Contact Lt. Harold Knudsen
email: Harold.Knudsen@ncmail.net
Phone: 800-682-2632 252-726-7021

District Three - Southern Area from Cape Carteret, New River, Cape Fear River, Wilmington to the SC line

Contact Lt. Jim Kelley:
email Jim.M.Kelley@ncmail.net
Phone:800-248-4536 or 910-796-7286

Aviation
Contact Officer Shepard Newman (Morehead City)
email: Shepard.Newman@ncmail.net
Contact Officer Jerry Raynor (Wilimington)
email: Jerry.D.Raynor@NCMail.Net
Phone:800-682-2632 252-726-7021
Employment - All requests for information regarding law enforcement position openings, experience and training requirements, etc. should be directed to NCDMF Human Resources.
e-mail: Barbara Rhymer
Phone: 800-682-2632 or 252-726-7021 or visit the OSP web site.