Leah Buletti

lbuletti@citizen-times.com

ASHEVILLE - The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office says it has terminated a sheriff's deputy following an incident involving force captured on body camera.

Deputy Tim Teves was terminated from his position Tuesday, said Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Natalie Bailey.

The Sheriff's Office received a complaint Dec. 31 regarding a call that Teves responded to on that date, Bailey said. The lieutenant who was acting watch commander that evening for the Sheriff's Office took the complaint, talked to the complainant and made the lieutenant in the Office of Professional Standards aware of the situation.

That office started an investigation, which led to the termination of Teves, Bailey said.

He was hired on March 26, 2007, as a detention officer for $32,463.36 a year.

Teves was promoted to patrol on Oct. 2, 2010, and received a raise to a salary of $39,462.51.

Teves was making $43,268.18 at the time of his termination.

Records provided by the Sheriff's Office said he had received a reprimand for failure of code of conduct on Dec. 6, 2007.

Bailey said the body camera footage of the incident won't be released because it's a personnel matter. She also said she couldn't disclose details of the incident.

The investigation remains ongoing, and Bailey said she couldn't comment on possible charges the former officer might face.

Teves declined to comment Thursday.

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office has been using body cameras for a year.