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Hosted by Rick Rice · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 50 episodes
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Meet the men and women behind the badge at the Asheville Police Department. Cold cases, conversations, community engagement, and questions and answers with Police Chief Mike Lamb. Hosted by Public Information Officer Rick Rice.
Rick Rice hosts APD Pod Squad, a government show with 50 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, with kids going back to school this month, I’m joined by Master Police Officer Jason Gall, one of the APD’s Student Resource Officers, who walks the halls at Asheville Middle School. Als
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the anatomy of an investigation. Captain Joe Silberman with the Criminal Investigations Division will walk us through the steps and also discuss APD homicide clearance rates vs the natio
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Sergeant Brad Beddow, who was recently reassigned from Patrol to the Specialized Operations Division, where he'll serve as the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville (HACA) Team Supe
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Interim Chief Jackie Stepp lays out the APD organizational changes being implemented. Name changes, division realignment, and the return of the Housing Authority unit. With June being Na
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore how lateral transfers are significantly contributing to APD’s progress toward full staffing. Joining me to discuss their transitions from other agencies are officers Brandon C
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, with May being Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, Sergeant Justin Booth, who is an avid rider. We’ll get to know Senior Police Officer Travis Pisani. May 13th was National 3rd Shift Work
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Captain Joe Silberman of the Criminal Investigations Division. We’ll recap some recent big cases that were assisted by technology like LPR’s and drones. We’ll get to know K9 Unit officer
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Interim Chief Jackie Stepp and Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams sit down for an important and timely discussion about technology and its vital role with the Asheville Poli
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, with April 30th being National Honesty Day, we’ll get to know Detective Phil Allen, who has a way to determine if you’re telling the truth. You guessed it, he administers the polygraph e
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the winner of a Merit Award at the recent APD Awards Banquet, and a Superlative Award for having the cleanest squad car, inside and out, is Senior Police Officer Taya Overholt, as April
Send us Fan Mail The weekend of March 6th was a particularly violent one in Asheville, and Deputy Chief Sean Aardema joins me to discuss the proactive policing measures being implemented and steps APD is taking to preven
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’ll celebrate March as Irish-American Heritage Month, with Detective Zoe Vertefeuille, who has visited the Emerald Isle so many times, travel agents ask HER for advice. Also, Sergeant
Send us Fan Mail This week, 21 cadets will graduate from BLET, and 20 of them will become Asheville Police Officers. The other one? She returns to her day job with the Asheville Fire Department. Senior Deputy Fire Marsha
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we celebrate National Marriage Week, February 7-14th. At the Asheville Police Department, we have several married couples among our ranks, and we’re highlighting two of them: Matt & Amy
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we continue celebrating a new year with new officers! This time, it’s cadets from the current BLET class, set to graduate in February: Cadets Jaylan Gaines and Jonathan Speessen. From Co
Send us Fan Mail New year, new officers! In this episode, the first of 2026, new solo officers Lily Talley and Josh Dobson. They begin their careers together, but their paths to get here were vastly different. As we look
Send us Fan Mail This episode has an accidental basketball theme! Two of our guests (and your host) played college basketball. And one guest was a college basketball referee. Find out who did what as we get to know Maste
Send us Fan Mail Following the retirement of Chief Lamb, Deputy Chief Jackie Stepp was appointed Interim Chief of Police. She’ll join us to talk about that and her priorities in the new role. Getting to know Lt. Tyler Ra
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a very special episode! The Roast of Chief Lamb; Stories, and a salute to 28 years of service. Chief Mike Lamb will be in the hot seat, and joined by some of his longtime co-workers: Deputy Ch
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, who is Albert Eastwood? His friends call him Bert. Technology Specialist by day, rock n' roll star by night! When he’s not on the 4th floor at APD headquarters, Bert is on stage as the l
Brian Hogan
Lieutenant · Community Engagement Division
1 appearance on this show
John Perez
Former California State Assembly Speaker · American Stage
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Nathaniel Smith
Senior Police Officer II · In Hope ministries
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Jonathan Brown
Spiritual Healer, Fungi Medicine Prep/Integration/Ceremonial Coach · Asheville Police Department
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Todd Williams
Operations Manager for the Integrated Security Department · Buncombe County District Attorney's Office
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Dr. Phil Allen
hospice chaplain · Asheville Police Department
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Taylor Thompson
Commodity Marketing Specialist · Kentucky Farm Bureau
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Adam Roach
Detective · I Love Coaching Co.
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Ian Cooper
1 appearance on this show
Joe Jones
retired megachurch pastor / house church leader / missionary / storyteller · Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety
1 appearance on this show
Mike Lamb
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