Interim APD Chief Looking Forward to Challenge
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Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2015 · News & Politics
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- The man who's been hired as interim Asheville police chief says he plans to do more listening than talking when he takes over in January. Steve Belcher, a retired Santa Cruz, California police chief, says he loves a challenge. Belcher will lead the department while the city of Asheville moves forward with a national search for the successor to Chief William Anderson. Anderson announced plans to retire after several controversies during his run as chief. Belcher will work closely with a consulting group that will assess the APD. Belcher caught up with News 13 via phone on Monday. "We'll look at issues," Belcher said. "I have talked to the city manager about and read in the paper. We'll be looking forward to talking to personnel inside the department and community leaders to see what they have to say and we'll try to make it a win-win for everyone if we can." Belcher says he has no interest in being the police chief long term, and plans to start Jan. 19. Related Links: Asheville Names Interim Police Chief _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
