7 Jul 2022
Chief David Zack, Asheville Police Department, hosts a press conference July 7, 2022, to announce Lights On!, a new initiative aimed at building goodwill between the community and the Asheville Police Department. Police officers can hand out vouchers worth up to $250 during some traffic stops to motorists who have defective lighting instead of writing a citation.
Joining Chief Zack to announce the program were Sherman Patterson, Vice President, Lights On!, Sheneika Smith, Vice Mayor, City of Asheville, and Marcus Kirkman, Equity and Inclusion Consultant, City of Asheville.
Asheville is the first city in the state of North Carolina to partner with “Lights On!”
0:00 Bill Davis, Public Information Officer, Asheville Police Department
2:05 Chief David Zack, Asheville Police Department
4:25 Sherman Patterson, Vice President, Lights On!
7:28 Sheneika Smith, Vice Mayor, City of Asheville
10:14 Marcus Kirkman, Equity and Inclusion Consultant, City of Asheville
12:48 Questions & Answers
19:42 Wrap up
Joining Chief Zack to announce the program were Sherman Patterson, Vice President, Lights On!, Sheneika Smith, Vice Mayor, City of Asheville, and Marcus Kirkman, Equity and Inclusion Consultant, City of Asheville.
Asheville is the first city in the state of North Carolina to partner with “Lights On!”
0:00 Bill Davis, Public Information Officer, Asheville Police Department
2:05 Chief David Zack, Asheville Police Department
4:25 Sherman Patterson, Vice President, Lights On!
7:28 Sheneika Smith, Vice Mayor, City of Asheville
10:14 Marcus Kirkman, Equity and Inclusion Consultant, City of Asheville
12:48 Questions & Answers
19:42 Wrap up
- 7 participants
- 20 minutes
19 Apr 2018
April 19, 2018
Press conference with Asheville Police Chief Hooper on Shooting at 73 Hansel Avenue.
Press conference with Asheville Police Chief Hooper on Shooting at 73 Hansel Avenue.
- 2 participants
- 10 minutes
2 Apr 2018
Recording is taken from the body-worn camera of Sgt. Lisa Taube on August 25, 2017, at 12:04 a.m. Per the Asheville Police Department’s Use of Force Policy, “a supervisor will respond to the scene of all reportable incidents involving a use of force to conduct a preliminary investigation and collect supplemental documents…”. The video contains the supervisors interactions with Mr. Rush, Mr. Rush’s significant other and Christopher Hickman. Sergeant Taube ultimately received disciplinary action for poor performance, and was ordered to undergo remedial training in connection with this incident. This recording contains violent content and explicit language.
- 7 participants
- 30 minutes
2 Apr 2018
Recording is taken from the body-worn camera of Senior Police Officer Doug Williams on August 25, 2017, at 12:04 a.m. SPO Williams arrived to the scene as Mr. Rush is being walked across the street to Hickman’s patrol vehicle. This video contains explicit language.
- 1 participant
- 6 minutes
2 Apr 2018
Recording is taken from the body-worn camera of Officer Colby Davis on August 25, 2017, at 12:08 a.m. Officer Davis arrived on the scene after Mr. Rush was taken across the street to Hickman’s patrol vehicle. This video contains explicit language.
- 1 participant
- 9 minutes
2 Apr 2018
Recording is taken from the body-worn camera of Christopher Hickman on August 25, 2017, at 1:22 a.m. The recording is taken in the parking lot of Mission Hospital following Mr. Rush’s release from the hospital. The video shows Christopher Hickman, Officer Verino Ruggiero and Mr. Rush talking about the earlier incident in the Mission Parking lot, and then the drive to the Buncombe County Detention Facility.
- 6 participants
- 21 minutes
1 Mar 2018
Recording is taken from the body-worn camera of Christopher Hickman on August 25, 2017, at 12:01 a.m. This is the original recording that was released by the Asheville Citizen-Times on March 1, 2018. This recording contains violent content and explicit language.
- 3 participants
- 9 minutes
29 Sep 2017
In this episode of The Skinny, Christina Hallingse, Public Information Officer for the Asheville Police Department, explains features of the City's emergency alert system, AVL Alert.
- 1 participant
- 6 minutes
2 Sep 2016
August 2016 episode of The Skinny features Jeff Moore, City Traffic Engineer with the Transportation Department, and Meg Pigman, Traffic Safety Officer with the Asheville Police Department, discussing the new flashing beacon crossing on Amboy Road.
- 2 participants
- 3 minutes
18 Dec 2014
NCDOT has created a new website, BoozeItandLoseIt.org, to increase awareness of the dangers of drinking & driving as well as the countless lives it effects.
This is one of twenty stories among the “20 Stories for 20 Years” feature on NCDOT’s new site. Please visit BoozeItandLoseIt.org for more stories and information.
http://www.ncdot.gov/programs/GHSP/initiatives/boozeitandloseit/
This is one of twenty stories among the “20 Stories for 20 Years” feature on NCDOT’s new site. Please visit BoozeItandLoseIt.org for more stories and information.
http://www.ncdot.gov/programs/GHSP/initiatives/boozeitandloseit/
- 1 participant
- 2 minutes
18 Dec 2014
NCDOT has created a new website, BoozeItandLoseIt.org, to increase awareness of the dangers of drinking & driving as well as the countless lives it effects.
This is one of twenty stories among the “20 Stories for 20 Years” feature on NCDOT’s new site. Please visit BoozeItandLoseIt.org for more stories and information.
http://www.ncdot.gov/programs/GHSP/initiatives/boozeitandloseit/
This is one of twenty stories among the “20 Stories for 20 Years” feature on NCDOT’s new site. Please visit BoozeItandLoseIt.org for more stories and information.
http://www.ncdot.gov/programs/GHSP/initiatives/boozeitandloseit/
- 1 participant
- 2 minutes
1 Apr 2014
Asheville Police Department Traffic Safety Officers profile 2014 Crash Zones for January through June.
- 3 participants
- 4 minutes
