App State Police Officer Cashae Cook earns NC’s highest award for women in law enforcement
Oct 28, 2025
Appalachian State University Police Officer Cashae Cook ’14 has been named Woman of the Year by the North Carolina
App State’s Police Officer Development Program prepares 15 new officers for service
Oct 28, 2025
This fall, 15 new graduates of Appalachian State University’s Appalachian Police Academy, a component of the Appa
Appalachian Police Department hosts training to certify area officers to teach implicit bias training locally
Sep 23, 2020
The Appalachian Police Department is sponsoring 15 Watauga County officers, including App State officers, to become Fair and Impartial Policing (...
Collaboration during COVID and beyond — local law enforcement share efforts to ensure safety
Sep 18, 2020
The App State and Boone Police departments, along with the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office, are increasing collaboration and communication t
Statement from Chief Andy Stephenson, App State Police
Sep 5, 2020
As an officer of the law for more than 24 years, I am angered, sickened and ashamed by the actions of the police officers who are responsible for...
Appalachian Police Department named among top 25 in the nation for student safety
Feb 10, 2020
Safe Campus: The National Campus Safety Summit has recognized the Appalachian State University Police Department as one of the top 25 university...
Appalachian Police Academy celebrates second graduating class
Oct 1, 2019
Appalachian Police Academy celebrates its second graduating class and the graduates’ 100% pass rate on the North Carolina police officer cer
App State Police Department honored as NCPEA Law Enforcement Agency of the Year
Jul 25, 2019
Appalachian State University’s Police Department was recognized as the Law Enforcement Agency of the Year by the North Carolina Police Execu
APDP cadet Bayley Plummer gives her all in the classroom, on the court and in the community
Jul 11, 2019
Plummer, who works as a part-time APDP cadet on campus, balances her academic and athletic career as a graduate student in Appalachian’s MPA
Bryce Helms — from Appalachian police cadet to full-time APD officer
Feb 19, 2019
Bryce Helms, a senior criminal justice major, is the first cadet from the APDP to be hired by the Appalachian Police Department.
With App State Police, Madison Cook follows in family footsteps of service
Dec 12, 2018
The junior criminal justice-international studies major is a member of the first class of Appalachian’s two-year Police Officer Development
New Police Officer Development Program to train the ‘policing leaders of tomorrow’ at Appalachian
Jul 19, 2018
The Appalachian Police Officer Development Program — the second of its kind in the nation — begins training student police cadets in s