Police Accountability for Spokane

US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces The Human Rights Reporting Gateway acted as a formal "tip line" to the US government.

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C.O.P.S. or cops?

This is my response to the RANGE piece below.
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Contract raises questions for community nonprofit Spokane COPS – RANGE Media Community policing nonprofit Spokane C.O.P.S. (not the cops) could lose their longstanding funding as the city looks closer at the org.

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We need action now in Spokane to help deal with police accountability.

Our Police Guild has too much power to dictate how police abuses will be handled. Unfortunately, the Mayor has negotiated a contract with the Police Guild that fails to provide the police oversight required by our City Charter. This new contract could be considered by City Council as soon as June 15. Please email the Mayor and City Council and tell them that our community demands the Police Oversight required by our City Charter.

Email to [email protected] and [email protected].

Spokane police shot more people in 2017 than they have in decades; almost half were Native For hours after he was shot by a Spokane Police officer in December 2017, Joshua Spotted Horse's body lay in the street uncovered, handcuffed and...

Justice Department refuses to release report on its examination of Spokane Police Department The U.S. Department of Justice has refused to release its report on the Spokane Police Department’s reforms after a public records request and appeal by The Spokesman-Review.

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2018/03/16/spd-tried-to-punish-sgt-gately-for-tipping-off-an-officer-being-investigated-for-r**e-then-the-police-guild-got-involved

SPD tried to punish Sgt. Gately for tipping off an officer being investigated for r**e. Then the Police Guild got involved Sgt. John Gately was president of the Spokane Police Guild when he tipped off a cop who was accused of ra**ng a fellow Spokane Police...