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Joint press conference from the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office and the Asheville Police Department on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 concerning the active shooting event that took place in downtown Asheville.

Press Conference about Amnesty Day that took place on Wednesday, January 23 with Sheriff Miller, Interim Chief Wood, Chief Public Defender Leann Melton, and District Attorney Todd Williams.

On Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017, the Buncombe County District Attorney's Office, Buncombe County Sheriff's Office and the Asheville Police Department held a joint press conference to present a new initiative in the battle to curtail trafficking in heroin and opioid related drugs.

Go on patrol with the Buncombe County COPS Team.

COPS is the Community Oriented Policing Service, and their teams are committed to building trust and mutual respect between law enforcement officers and communities.

COPS teams are critical to public safety, ensuring all stakeholders work together to address our nations crime challenges. When police and communities collaborate, they more effectively address underlying issues, change negative behavior patterns, and allocate results.

To see the results of the investigations and outreach from the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office COPS Team, or for updates on when and where they will focus next, visit buncombecounty.org/sheriff.

For more information about the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office you can visit buncombecounty.org/sheriff.

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office has implemented body cameras for their officers in the field. Learn all about them and why in this news update.

If you're looking to add a new member to your family, look no further than the Asheville Humane Society's Adoption Center. They have many cats and dogs currently in need of a good home. Stop by the adoption center at 14 Forever Friend Lane. You can also check out their website to see all the animals currently ready for adoption by visiting ashevillehumane.org

The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office held a media event August 27th at the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, located at 202 Haywood Street in Asheville. The purpose of the event was to introduce our newest canine Sampson, who has been trained in Person-Borne weapons and explosive detection, and allow him to demonstrate his abilities. Sampson is the first canine trained in person-borne weapon detection in the entire country, and will be the first canine trained in this manner used in a school setting. When deployed, Sampson scans the air around persons, stationary or moving and will indicate with a positive alert by trailing a moving person or by sitting at the source of odor. Sampson has been trained to detect burnt powder, fresh powder and cleaning agents when looking for weapons. Sampson’s primary function at the schools he visits will be to deter and or detect any person who is illegally in possession of a weapon or explosive device. He is for the safety and well-being of each and every person in the building. He will scan during school hours as well as be utilized at sporting events and other large functions. The overall goal of Sampson’s presence is to support our school resource officers as they keep our schools safe.

If you're looking to add a new member to your family, look no further than the Asheville Humane Society's Adoption Center. They have many cats and dogs currently in need of a good home. Stop by the adoption center at 14 Forever Friend Lane. You can also check out their website to see all the animals currently ready for adoption by visiting ashevillehumane.org

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office selected six individuals from different divisions of the agency to comprise a team for thirty days to address an ill structured problem. This team was assigned to address the problem with absent parents not paying their child support. The Child Support Enforcement staff assisted the team in collecting money owed. The team is made up of self motivated, hard working, and knowledgeable individuals. They work as a team and independently. Team facilitators assisted as needed.

If you're looking to add a new member to your family, look no further than the Asheville Humane Society's Adoption Center. They have many cats and dogs currently in need of a good home. Stop by the adoption center at 14 Forever Friend Lane. You can also check out their website to see all the animals currently ready for adoption by visiting ashevillehumane.org

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office selected six individuals from different divisions of the agency to comprise a team for thirty days to address an ill structured problem in South Asheville community. The team is made up of self motivated, hard working, and knowledgeable individuals. They work as a team and independently. Team facilitators assisted as needed.

To catch the whole episode click: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIndhAUkrio

For assistance call 211.

For women who need assistance call Helpmate at 828.254.0516

Learn more about the eNOugh campaign at https://www.buncombecounty.org/law-safety/family-justice-center/enough.aspx.

For assistance call 211.

For women who need assistance call Helpmate at 828.254.0516

Learn more about the eNOugh campaign at https://www.buncombecounty.org/law-safety/family-justice-center/enough.aspx.

If you're looking to add a new member to your family, look no further than the Asheville Humane Society's Adoption Center. They have many cats and dogs currently in need of a good home. Stop by the adoption center at 14 Forever Friend Lane. You can also check out their website to see all the animals currently ready for adoption by visiting ashevillehumane.org

Normally when people think of animal abuse, they think of starving/neglected dogs and cats. But did you know that larger animals, like horses can also be victims? Learn how Buncombe County keeps these animals safe with their many programs in this production featuring County Commissioner Ellen Frost.

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office selected five individuals from different divisions of the agency to comprise a team for thirty days to address an ill structured problem in the Enka-Candler Community. The team is made up of self motivated, hard working, and knowledgeable individuals. They work as a team and independently. Team facilitators assisted as needed.

With school now in session, it's time for a refresher on keeping your child safe at the bus stop, on the bus, and to refresh drivers on the rules of the road concerning school buses. We'll be speaking with Corporal Robyn Michalove of the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office for all of this great information.

For more information about school bus safety, visit northcarolinabussafety.org.

The Buncombe County Peer Response Network is a volunteer organization of "First Responder" Peers within Buncombe County Agencies (and surrounding counties) who believe that the first line of defense against job stress, burnout, post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI), and related issues is Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) services. In this video you'll learn all about the PRN, who the Peers are, and why a service like this should be the rule, and not the exception to the rule.

The Buncombe County Detention Center and Pre-Trial services recently presented the Smart Justice Fair for National County Government Month. The purpose of this fair was to go over all the aspects of recidivism in the county justice system, giving you all the information needed to navigate through the programs.

For those who weren't able to make it to the fair, this video interviews representatives from each booth on their services they offer, and their importance to the community.

For more information, please visit buncombecounty.org.

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office Detention Prevention Program and the Arrive Alive Program of UNITE International recently toured high schools throughout Buncombe County. They were all-day events that gave students real-life experiences of drunk and distracted driving with a DUI/DWI simulator, and a mobile jail cell to show its consequences.

Partnership for Substance Free Youth in Buncombe County is a coalition of schools, businesses, non-profits and government agencies in the Asheville area committed to keeping children in Asheville and Buncombe County away from drugs and alcohol. For more information, please contact Natalie Bailey at 828.250.4469.

The BUNCOMBE COUNTY Sheriff's Office selected five individuals from different divisions of the agency to comprise a team for thirty days to address an ill structured problem in the Emma Community. The team is made up of self motivated, hard working, and knowledgeable individuals. They work as a team and independently. Team facilitators assisted as needed.

Buncombe County Sheriff's Office and Asheville Police Department in coordination with the District Attorney's Office will resume enforcement of the video gaming law outlined in NCGS 14-306.4 as of Monday, January 14, 2013. Anyone found in unlawful possession of video gaming machines will be subject to arrest and prosecution as well as seizure of any related devices or proceeds.

The press conference for the grand opening of the Public Safety Training Facility located here in Buncombe County took place on Tuesday, October 16. Members from state and local fire departments, EMS, Sheriff, police, local officials, and more gathered to celebrate the impact this facility will have on providing top-notch training for emergency workers.

The BUNCOMBE COUNTY Sheriff's Office selected four individuals from different divisions of the agency to comprise a team for thirty days to address an ill structured problem. The team is made up of self motivated, hard working, and knowledgeable individuals. They work as a team and independently. Team facilitators assisted as needed.

The BUNCOMBE COUNTY Sheriff's Office selected four individuals from different divisions of the agency to comprise a team for thirty days to address an ill structured problem. The team is made up of self motivated, hard working, and knowledgeable individuals. They work as a team and independently. Team facilitators assisted as needed.

Recidivism is repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime. In Buncombe County, recidivism is both costly and it does nothing to help those repeat offenders if their crime is something that a traditional jail isn't equipped to help. If someone who is addicted to drugs, or has a mental disorder gets arrested, then they go to jail, serve their time costing taxpayers money, only to be released no better than before. Because help wasn't received to combat the root of the problem, those individuals tend to get arrested again and again.

Buncombe County has come up with many jail diversion programs to break this pattern of repeat offenders. In this video you'll learn about SOAR Court, the JUST Program, The Sheriff's Office CIT Training, Pre-Trial, and Drug Court. You'll also hear personal stories from individuals who have gone through these programs, to those who work first-hand with them, and even from the judges on their successes.

Jail diversion programs are a win win situation. Buncombe County not only helps these non-violent offenders, but you also save the tax payer's money by keeping them out of jail because getting them help is a fraction of the cost of incarcerating them. The goal is to keep people out of jail and have them become active members of society.

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office recently had various departmental participants receive identity theft training. Training was conducted by Lifelock and FBI LEEDA. With North Carolina being 24th in the nation in Identity Theft Crime, it's important for the Sheriff's Office to keep up with the technologies and methods used by fraudulent criminals. This Buncombe News Update goes over the training received by the Sheriff's office with interviews by Sheriff Van Duncan, Lifelock representative Tami Nealy, FBI LEEDA trainer H. Dean Crisp, and Dep. Robyn Michalove of the Sheriff's Office Crime Prevention Unit.

If you believe you're the victim of identity theft, contact the Sheriff's Office at 828.255.5000 and contact your bank and creditors to inform them of potential fraudulent transactions. For more information you can visit the Sheriff's Office web site at buncombecounty.org/sheriff or the Attorney General's Web Site at ncdoj.gov.

Corporal Ben Parker of the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office Crime Prevention Division goes over many different scenarios of Home Invasion in this video designed to better prepare you and your home from crime. If you see someone walking around in your or your neighbors yard, what should you do? If a pizza man comes to deliver to your house but you didn't order a pizza, how should you react? What are the correct steps to take when a stranger with car issues knocks on your door?

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office stand for five guiding principles: Service, Professionalism, Accountability, Integrity and Dignity. For more information about the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department, visit buncombecounty.org/sheriff.