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Asheville City Council approved allowing UNCA police to expand its jurisdiction beyond the campus perimeter. A council member asks for student input.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of North Carolina.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 504 law enforcement agencies employing 23,442 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents. [1]
Asheville has a municipal police department, with David Zack named as the Chief of Police in 2020. [34] The municipalities of Black Mountain, Biltmore Forest, Montreat, Weaverville, and Woodfin also have municipal police departments, and UNC Asheville and Montreat College have campus police departments.
Everyone is safe at UNC Asheville, the university’s chancellor said, but parts of campus are inaccessible and the storm “significantly compromised university infrastructure.”
A month after Helene, tears filled Asheville Police Chief Mike Lamb’s eyes as he recalled recovery efforts and updated missing person numbers.
The UNC System is administered by the UNC Board of Governors, which is elected by the North Carolina Legislature, and advised by the UNC Faculty Assembly. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Kimberly van Noort, former interim provost, is currently serving as interim chancellor of UNC Asheville, following the departure of Nancy Cable in December 2022.
UNC Asheville officials told protestors that staying overnight or refusal to disperse would result in arrest. The chancellor addresses their demands.
June 1: Protesters gathered outside the Asheville Police Department, where they were met with tear gas. A statue of Confederate officer Zebulon Baird Vance was also vandalized. [5] June 2: Video was captured of police officers destroying a city-approved medical station. [6]