This must be big. The Hendersonville Times-News is reporting on the Asheville Citizen-Times’ lawsuit against the Asheville Police Department. This could be the first time I’ve ever seen a newspaper…
While I continue to struggle with the unsettling feeling that I am missing the big picture behind local rumblings about the Asheville Police Department, the local daily is suing the…
Henderson County Sheriff Charlie McDonald is the target of a petition. Citizens are angry because he fired six deputies that supported his opponent in the recent election. Do petitioners want…
It was weird. Today, I noticed two PR’s from the Asheville Police Department about suspects at-large. It seems the department has grown weary of trying to convince the public it…
Outgoing Asheville Police Department Chief William Anderson has decided to forego the department’s reaccreditation process, as the APD has lost all sense of public confidence, and following through could make…
This morning, I went skunking around asking stray cops if they could provide some off-the-record background information on the situation at the Asheville Police Department. I am pleased to say…
The local daily has some interesting updates in the Asheville Police Department scandals. Examples include, “The city approached [Chief William] Anderson with the retirement agreement,” and Anderson “accepted a payment…
Asheville media outlets feel compelled tell the public something about the police chief’s retirement. Unfortunately, the only information the city is sharing is happy, public information officer kinds of things…
Pick a word, any word, with between two and twenty characters. The local daily reports Asheville’s Mayor Esther Manheimer says the police department is “in triage mode.” This, the paper…
There are two big stories in Asheville. Both pertain to allegations of wrongdoing that defendants refer to as “personal attacks.” In the first, 44 Asheville police officers signed a no-confidence…
At last night’s city council meeting, there was a big brouhaha over whether or not a building should sell naming rights. The Asheville Art Museum is in a lot of…
Hark! Intrigue besets the castle! There be interests that want Asheville Police Chief William Anderson out. Complaints include not calibrating radar guns and getting officers to defend his son before…