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Council adopts budget amendment to renew police digital-forensics software (Cellebrite)

Spokane City Council · April 21, 2026
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Summary

The Spokane City Council approved a special budget ordinance to renew the Spokane Police Department's Cellebrite digital-forensics software by recorded vote; no public comment was recorded.

The Spokane City Council approved Special Budget Ordinance C 368664 to renew the Spokane Police Department's Cellebrite digital-forensics tool and declared an emergency to enact the amendment. There was no public comment on this item during the meeting, and the transcript records the vote as unanimous.

Council members did not raise additional public-record objections during the vote sequence. The ordinance was entered in the record as an amendment to the biennial budget to fund the department's digital forensics software; the transcript did not include a dollar figure in the public roll call portion.