The City of Asheville’s 2015 Watch for Me NC campaign, which ran from September to November, saw a citywide reduction of 27% in pedestrian- and bicycle-related crashes in comparison to the same time period average for 2010-2014. This is the first year the City of Asheville has participated in the Watch for Me NC campaign. [...]
Asheville Police Sgt. Ann Fowler of the Asheville Buncombe DWI Task Force talks about the Sober Hero program, an initiative designed to promote not just designated drivers but sober drivers. And what to do if you find you’ve had too much to drink. The program enlists the aid of local restaurants and bars. With holiday parties going [...]
The holiday shopping season is upon us. The backseats of our vehicles are filled with gifts for friends and family, packages are being delivered to our homes and stockings are stuffed by the chimney with care. But beware, Kevin McAllister from “Home Alone” won’t be available to booby trap your home from bandits. In his [...]
Updated version: Corrects date of the training to Dec. 14. The City of Asheville Police Department (APD) and Parking Services Division are inviting residents to participate in the Volunteer Accessible (ADA) Parking Enforcement Program. Through this program, the APD trains volunteers how to write citations and warnings to drivers who park illegally in handicapped disabled parking spaces. [...]
North Carolina’s Thanksgiving Click It or Ticket campaign will run from Nov. 22-30. The program, a statewide partnership between local agencies and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, aims to increase seat belt and child safety use rates through increased enforcement of the state’s seat belt law. On Nov. 23, the Asheville Police Department (APD) and the [...]
Above, Sgt. Jeff Peterson and his son Officer Andrew Peterson. Police departments around the country are comprised of a tight-knit group of individuals, who commonly refer to their coworkers as their brothers and sisters in blue. The Asheville Police Department is no different. It is not uncommon for multiple generations of blood-related family members to work [...]
The Asheville Police Department, in partnership with the Asheville Alcoholic Board of Control (ABC), kicked off the “Sober Hero” campaign on October 10 at the Oktoberfest event in downtown Asheville. Rather than promoting the designated driver, this campaign promotes the sober driver – that is someone who has a system free of all drugs and alcohol. [...]
There’s 10 seconds left on the timer and you have to decide whether to cut the blue wire or the red wire…if the wrong decision is made the whole building is going to blow. If this sounds like the plot to every Bruce Willis movie, you are correct…but this is also (an exaggerated) introduction to [...]
Take a stroll with Asheville Police Chief Tammy Hooper tonight in West Asheville. Join Police Chief Tammy Hooper and members of the Asheville Police Department at 6 p.m. Sept. 24 for the next installment in APD’s “Walk with a Cop” program. Chief Hooper and other officers will begin at the corner of Ridgelawn Road and Haywood Road [...]
The City of Asheville held a 911 remembrance ceremony downtown Friday. The event honored the 2,996 people who died during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and on hijacked United Airlines Flight 93. The Asheville Fire Department Honor Guard placed a wreath in honor of those who died. Mayor Esther Manheimer [...]
We’ve all seen criminal investigations shows like CSI. Their increase in popularity has warped the public perception of crime scene forensics and forensic technicians. The public assumes that every crime scene contains DNA, fingerprints and easily identifiable clues that assist in the quick apprehension of the bad guy. Although in many instances these clues do exist, [...]
Funding grants for the City of Asheville’s 1-2-3 Graffiti Free initiative continue through Sept. 30. After that date, the City’s removal assistance program will be discontinued. Starting in July 2014, the City began the 1-2-3 Graffiti Free removal assistance program aimed at providing a comprehensive approach to tackling graffiti. Designed to be a 90-day intensive cleanup, City [...]
