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Police Ombuds office reports uptick in contacts, flags staffing and hiring delays; commission approves annual reports
Summary
At its April 15 meeting, the City of Spokane Office of the Police Ombuds Commission received March monthly and 2024 annual reports showing increased contacts and special-case reviews, discussed delays filling deputy and analyst posts, reviewed legal-advisor funding, and approved the office’s annual report by consent vote.
The City of Spokane Office of the Police Ombuds Commission reviewed its March monthly report and a 2024 annual report at the commission’s April 15 meeting and approved both documents by consent.
Ombuds Bart Logue reported that March was busy: “We had 267 contacts,” he told commissioners, and said the office certified 11 cases and processed four community complaints in March. Logue said the office reviewed five uses of force, eight collisions and one pursuit among 14 special cases reviewed in the month.
Why it matters: The office’s monthly and annual statistics show increased oversight activity and higher workloads tied to lengthy case reviews. Logue told commissioners body-camera-heavy cases can require “10 to 12 hours of body camera footage per case sometimes,” increasing staff time to review incidents.
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