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Public outcry forces indefinite deferral of LRAD purchase after near-consent-agenda approval
Summary
An item to buy long-range acoustic devices (LRADs) for the Spokane Police Department was removed from the consent agenda and later described in public testimony as 'tabled indefinitely' after broad criticism that the devices are militarized and divert funds from social services; the council did not approve the purchase at this meeting.
A proposed purchase of long-range acoustic devices (LRADs) for the Spokane Police Department was pulled from the consent agenda and has been deferred indefinitely after months of public concern and a large open-forum backlash.
Council staff announced at the start of the Nov. 11 meeting that the LRAD item had been deferred indefinitely from the consent agenda, allowing community members to address it during open forum. That…
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