Law and Justice

The Spokane County Commissioners have voted to hold an election to fund a new jail.

The violations stem from a video posted to the sheriff’s office YouTube channel which Knezovich criticized a county commission candidate and recently passed police reform laws.

A sexual assault kit is evidence a nurse collects after a person reports a sexual assault to law enforcement. Many sheriff’s offices and police departments have evidence going back as far as 40 years, but never had the DNA that was collected tested.

Law enforcement leaders from across the state made one last push against police and criminal justice reform, and candidates on the ballot who support it this election.

Until now, most 911 calls in Spokane were handled by SREC. But that agency, and many fire districts are critically short staffed. To make sure calls are answered, Spokane Police dispatchers are taking on extra responsibilities.

Conservative candidates say they’re responding to voters’ discomfort with recent police reforms and Washington and Oregon’s recent decriminalization of some drugs.

The Spokane County’s prosecutor’s office is discussing dismissing a case against former Pasco Police Officer Richard Aguirre, accused of killing a woman in the 1980s.

The sheriff says he plans to take matters into his own hands if the camp isn’t removed by mid-October, by declaring the site an unlawful assembly.

Sharpe has pled guilty to murder, attempted murder, and assault for the harm suffered by the many students who were in a hallway when he opened fire at Freeman High School five years ago.

Law enforcement say they’re chronically understaffed, and need more tools to solve crime. Privacy experts say the model being explored – a more advanced automatic license plate reader system operated by a private company – will lead to information about innocent people being collected and stored.