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OPOC delays expansion, agrees to clean up commission code
Summary
The Spokane Office of Police Ombudsman Commission voted unanimously to delay adding commissioners and directed legal counsel to present a redline of the municipal code governing the commission. Commissioners cited timing, turnover and training concerns during debate.
The Spokane Office of Police Ombudsman Commission voted unanimously on March 18 to table any action to expand the number of commissioners until a retreat this summer and asked legal counsel to prepare a language cleanup of the city code that governs the commission.
Commissioners said they supported the idea of expanding in principle but raised timing and training concerns, noting that two current commissioners are likely to leave in the coming year and that adding members could change group dynamics. "When I first heard about this I was absolutely…
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