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    Tag:  Asheville crime rate

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    Asheville Police Department Chief David Zack

    APD taking longer to respond to 911 calls despite policy change

    Posted on July 15, 2022July 11, 2022 by Mark Barrett

    Response times rose from an average of 8.2 minutes for the highest-priority calls in the 12 months before the shift — which had the Asheville Police Department no longer send officers to the scenes of certain minor crimes — to 9 minutes in the 12 months after.

    6.7 K views13Community NewsLocal GovernmentNews

    I accuse: Channeling Emile Zola in today’s Asheville

    Posted on July 25, 2021July 27, 2021 by Xpress Contributor

    “I am certain the French author would take no offense at a less talented voice borrowing his ‘J’Acuse’ model. What better way to challenge a home community that is similarly darkened by discounted vanities, harms and pretense?”

    6.2 K views20CommentaryOpinion

    Letter: Goodbye, once-beautiful Asheville

    Posted on June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 by Letters

    “We moved here 10 years ago, but between the nasty-ass tourists and the ridiculously bad crime rate per capita, we also have decided to move away.”

    5.5 K views17LettersOpinion

    Letter: Greed, corruption and the decline of Asheville

    Posted on July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 by Letters

    “Low wages, corporate landlords, lack of rent control, high prices, brutal traffic, the fake homeless, street crime and white collar crime have all combined to make Asheville an increasingly undesirable place in which to call home.”

    17.0 K views21LettersOpinion

    Letter: More reward money needed for murder info

    Posted on December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 by Letters

    “I am writing this letter to ask those who are making a lot of money here and others to donate to this reward and also consider helping set up a large reward fund to be used in all serious gun violence cases.”

    3.0 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: A species more dangerous than bears

    Posted on December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 by Letters

    “But let’s get some perspective here. The rate of murders in the Asheville area is approximately 10 per 100,000 people; the rate of rapes, 48 per 100,000; the rate of assault, 335 per 100,000.”

    3.0 K views2LettersOpinion
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