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Police report: shootings and NIBIN analysis rise; chief seeks citywide fix to 'home' ordinance
Summary
Police Chief Adam Hall told the Spokane City Public Safety Committee that confirmed non‑injury shooting calls are rising and the department has installed a NIBIN machine to speed ballistic matching; the chief also said the administration will propose citywide changes to the 'home' (obstruction/unlawful camping) ordinance.
Police Chief Adam Hall told the Spokane City Public Safety Committee on Oct. 6 that confirmed shooting calls without injury are “tracking up” this year even as confirmed shootings with injury were down from previous years, and that the department has installed a NIBIN (National Integrated Ballistic Information Network) machine to speed ballistic linkage.
“NIBIN stands for National Integrated Ballistic Information Network. It's managed by the ATF,” Hall said, explaining that the local NIBIN machine creates 3‑D images of cartridge casings and firing‑pin marks to match firearms across incidents and reduce the months‑long backlog previously sent to the state lab.
Hall briefed the committee on a series of operational metrics: 911 calls…
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