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Blue Ridge Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy hosted a pinning ceremony for its Fall 2021 graduates on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at Thomas Auditorium on the campus. Read Story »
Law officers would have given anything to have no reason to host the Ride to Remember. Read Story »
Tags: law enforcement | officer-involved shooting | Ryan Hendrix
Law officers, their families and supporters turned out Saturday evening on Police Officers Memorial Day to pay tribute to fallen officers and hear the community's law enforcement leaders call on them to be "keepers of the light of these fallen heroes." Read Story »
Tags: law enforcement | officer involved shooting | Ryan Hendrix | police
Tags: Erik Summey | law enforcement | Fletcher police
Sheriff's deputies' involvement with a suspect barricaded in a home caused law officers to close Willow Road in the area of Moore Street west of the Valley Hill Fire & Rescue. Read Story »
The morning after the Asheville City Council voted to cut police spending by 3 percent, state Sen. Chuck Edwards announced his intent to file legislation to defund cities that "defund" the police. Read Story »
Tags: law enforcement | police
We hope and pray that the death of Ryan Hendrix is not in vain. Read Story »
Tags: law enforcement | Ryan Hendrix
Henderson County Sheriff’s Office will host a drive-by visitation to honor the memory of Lt. Terry “Elvi” Foster, who died Friday at the age of 57. The visitation will take place 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at the sheriff's office, 100 N. Grove St. Read Story »
Tags: law enforcement | news obituaries
Blue Ridge Community College Police Chief Daran Dodd, who built the campus police force from the ground up and instituted active shooter and sexual assault training for students and faculty, was recently selected as one of 40 law enforcement professionals from around the world to receive the International Association of Chiefs of Police 40 Under 40 Leadership Award. Read Story »
Tags: BRCC | school shootings | law enforcement | Laura Leatherwood | Daran Dodd | active shooter
A 22-year-old man who authorities said shot at a law officers and refused repeated commands to surrender was convicted of three counts of assaulting an officer Monday in Henderson County Superior Court. Read Story »
Tags: law enforcement
The thin blue line grew awfully wide on Thursday. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Police Department | Hendersonville Police Chief Herbert Blake | law enforcement | Lowell Griffin
Harry's & Piggy's wants police officers and firefighters to know they're appreciated. Read Story »
Burnout is common in law enforcement. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Kiwanis Club | Morris Kaplan | law enforcement
A state trooper who never got his boss to a promised lunch, a Fletcher officer who works in his spare time on a program to help children with autism, a sheriff's sergeant who volunteers as a middle school track coach, a Laurel Park officer and top bicycle racer who teaches bike safety and a two-time Hendersonville Police Department officer of the year were honored last week by the Hendersonville Kiwanis Club. Read Story »