Clifftop Drive residents raise late-night dumping, spotlighting and trespass concerns at May 13 public safety meeting

Angharad Phillips, a resident of 182 Clifftop Drive, told the Public Safety Meeting on May 13 that people have repeatedly come onto her street at odd hours and created safety and quality‑of‑life problems for neighbors and children. "At the end of the day, we need to do whatever possible to protect our children and our grandchildren," Phillips said, describing incidents she said she has witnessed over five years, including a dump truck that came down the street and "dumped" construction debris at about 3 a.m., repeated spotlighting of houses, thefts at a construction site, and a visitor who urinated outside an 84‑year‑old neighbor's home.

The concern prompted a discussion with Hendersonville police and city officials. Chief Jones, speaking for the police department, said the department has placed the neighborhood on its patrol "hot list" and increased evening and midnight shift patrols. "I would rather people call the police department a hundred times and it'd be nothing and call one then not call one time when it is something," Chief Jones said, urging residents to report suspicious activity immediately so officers can check and document it.

Phillips described additional problems…