Safety and emergency preparedness Archives

How to prevent crimes and protect your family and belongings.

11 Services

Apply to get hands on experience from The Asheville Police Department Explorer Post (#57) This is designed for applicants age 14 to 20.

Child passenger safety seat assistance

Get help from The Asheville Fire Department with child safety seat installation education and assistance.

Cold weather emergency shelter

When extreme cold weather is expected, the Asheville Homeless Coalition issues a Code Purple Alert. Participating homeless shelters voluntarily add space beyond their normal capacity to keep as many people as possible out of the cold. To find out when Code Purple is in effect, visit the Homeless Coalition’s Code [...]

Connect with a Community Resource Officer

Learn about working closely with Community Resources Officers (CROs) to fight crime and improve the quality of life in the community.

Contact a school resource officer

School resource officers help protect our schools and provide guidance to youth about the juvenile court system and programs available to them.

Contact animal control

Contact information for animals in and out of the city limits.

Dispose of prescription medication

Safely discard prescription medication by dropping it off at the Asheville Police Department drop-off box.

Find a police station

How to find police stations in Asheville, and how to contact your community resource officer.

Find an incident or crash report

Most crime incident reports and crash reports occurring after January 1, 2003 are available for search and instant download.

Find information on snow removal

See real-time map of snow removal in progress.

Get a restraining order

Find out who can file for a protection order, what it covers, and where to go if you need one.

Get a smoke alarm installed

How to submit a request for a smoke alarm.

If you are a victim or witness of a crime

Learn about services available to support those who are recovering from emotional or physical injuries that occurred as a result of a crime or traumatic incident.

Make a home inventory

Learn how having a home inventory is essential to insurance claims or property recovery efforts in case of a disaster, fire, or a burglary.

Participate in National Night Out

Join this annual community-building campaign to promote involvement in crime prevention activities, police-community partnerships, and neighborhood camaraderie

Prepare for an emergency

Resources and information to help you prepare for an emergency.

Report a broken or clogged storm drain, flooding issues or request street sweeping

Help keep the city streets free from excess debris and prevent property damage from rainwater runoff.

Report damaged signs and street light outages

You may use The Asheville App to report or view the status of damaged street signs and street light outages.

Request to view body worn camera footage

Learn about the specific instances under NC law under which you may request to view body worn camera footage.

Retrieve property from police

How to retrieve found property that is in possession of the police.

Keep updated through the City of Asheville on emergency and non-emergency subscriptions.

Apply for the Citizens Police Academy to learn about the police department and law enforcement.

Submit a tip to the police

Instructions on how to submit an anonymous tip to the police via text, phone, email, or using an online form.

Terrorism awareness information

See Something, Say Something... Report tips and crime to your local law enforcement.

Thank a police department employee

Learn how to let the police department know if you receive service that you feel is worthy of a commendation.

View crimes near me

The City provides multiple tools to explore crime statistics in your area, such as by neighborhood or within a certain distance from a specific address.

Water quality and advisories

View the yearly water quality report, current advisories and outages, as well as register to be notified of advisories in your area.