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Recent Headlines on Police Accountability

Local stories on issues of police accountability for October: KHQ story on collecting data on race Spokesman story on City Council Ordinance for police oversight Inlander Blog on new police contract Inlander story on race data collection Inlander story on…

More from this week’s ombudsman vote

Originally published by the Inlander (http://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2013/10/12/more-from-this-weeks-ombudsman-vote) by Heidi Groover In this week’s issue, we have a story on the lengthy, and increasingly bizarre, struggle to empower Spokane’s Office of Police Ombudsman. Police accountability advocates have long pushed for independent investigative…

The Race Card

Originally published by the Inlander (http://www.inlander.com/spokane/the-race-card/Content?oid=2195467) by Jacob Jones In a new program to track police interactions and deter racial profiling, Spokane Police officers will start packing statistic forms while out patrolling their beats next year. Every time an officer…

Spokane City Council pares down police oversight ordinance

Originally published by The Spokesman-Review (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/oct/08/spokane-city-council-pares-down-police-oversight/) by Mike Prager Spokane City Council members voted unanimously Monday to create a new citizen Police Ombudsman Commission to oversee future investigations of officer misconduct and police performance. Council members backed away from a…

Protest guns in schools

Originally published by The Spokesman-Review (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/oct/05/protest-guns-in-schools/) by Louise Chadez Armed employees will be in our schools beginning January 2014. That’s when Spokane Public Schools will become one of only two districts in the state to take this drastic measure to…

Center for Justice: new contract does not include investigative powers for ombudsman

Originally published by the Inlander (http://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2013/10/04/center-for-justice-says-new-police-contract-does-not-include-independent-investigative-powers-for-ombudsman) by Heidi Groover Earlier today, we reported that the Spokane Police Guild and city administration have reached a tentative agreement about a new police contract, but few details about its content were available. Now,…

Police Oversight: Out of Excuses

Police Oversight: Out of Excuses People like you–making your voices heard–have made the difference at every step as we’ve worked with great determination to win real, meaningful independent oversight of police for Spokane. As we know, change worth working for…

“From Spokane With Love” World Premiere to benefit PJALS

Thursday Oct 17 Magic Lantern Theater, 25 W. Main 7pm reception; 7:30 showing Come for the reception at 7:00 with finger foods handmade by Shahrokh Nikfar! “From Spokane With Love” is a heart-warming, entertaining and informative movie about the Friendship…

For EWU graduate, immigration reform worth risking arrest

Originally published by The Spokesman-Review (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/sep/22/for-ewu-graduate-immigration-reform-worth-risking/) about a former PJALS intern by Kip Hill Lucia Vazquez’s tears didn’t begin flowing until she and more than 100 other women seated themselves in the road near the steps of the U.S. House…

Independent Oversight of Police: “Out of Excuses”

Independent Oversight of Police: “Out of Excuses” Councilmember Salvatori brings forward an ordinance expanding Ombudsman powers! In February 2013, Spokane voters passed Proposition 1 with a 70% yes vote, to mandate independent investigations of Spokane police. Councilmember Salvatori’s ordinance will…