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Police ombuds office reports rise in community contacts, urges funding independence
Summary
The Office of the Police Ombudsman told the Spokane City Council its 2024 annual report shows a rise in community contacts and several recommendations on uses-of-force review processes; the office asked the council to pursue budget independence and to support staff hiring to sustain oversight work.
The Office of the Police Ombudsman told the Spokane City Council on an evening meeting that its 2024 annual report shows a marked increase in public contacts and complaints and urged the council to secure stable funding and staffing.
The report was delivered by Bart Logue, representing the Office of the Police Ombudsman, who opened the briefing by saying, "I appreciate the opportunity brief our 2024 annual report, which is a requirement in our governing ordinance." Logue told the council the office increased community contacts by about 70 percent — "adding more than 1,200 contacts more than we had in 2023" — and that the office generated 44 of 101 total complaints made to the Spokane Police Department in 2024.
Why it matters: civilian oversight is the formal mechanism the city uses to review internal investigations, uses of force and complaints about Spokane police. The office reported increases in several high-impact…
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