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Impacted family member urges Spokane County to improve updates, records access after officer‑involved death

5332040 · July 8, 2025
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Summary

An advocate with the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability told commissioners families are not receiving timely updates after officer‑involved incidents and urged release of public records and body‑worn camera footage to impacted families.

Debbie Novak, an advocate with the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability and an impacted family member, told the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners during open public forum that families of people killed in officer‑involved incidents are not receiving timely updates required under Initiative 940.

Novak said her son, David Novak, was shot and killed in 2019 by a Spokane City police officer while on his porch; she…

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