Ombudsman presents closing report on June 11 protest, issues 26 recommendations for SPD
The city ombudsman summarized a closing report on the June 11, 2025 protest at the federal immigration office, documenting 30 arrests, multiple force tools, and 26 recommendations aimed at mission clarity, communications, documentation, force accountability and mutual-aid protocols.
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Bart Loke, the city's ombudsman, presented a closing report to the Spokane City Council study session on the police response to the June 11, 2025 protest near the Federal Immigration Office on Cataldo Avenue. The report, which the ombudsman described as "the largest and most difficult closing report" his office has undertaken, documents that the event "had 30 arrests and several uses of force."
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