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An arbitrator is reviewing the case of a Spokane County corrections deputy fired after sheriff’s officials determined the used excessive force on an inmate.
Wayne Green (right) was fired last summer after an investigation into claims that he beat an inmate inside the Spokane County Jail booking area.
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said Green “made a very rude comment” and provoked the situation.
“I deemed it was unnecessary force,” Knezovich said Tuesday.
Another deputy filed a report about the incident, which led to the investigation.
Green filed a grievance that was denied, then asked for an arbitrator to review his dismissal. That investigation is ongoing.
Reporter Meghann Cuniff writes about public safety news from the Inland Northwest and beyond.
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lewis8457 on May 27 at 7:39 a.m.
Only in spokane can a officer beat a man and then cry that he was treated less then fair.
he WILL get his job back and some time down the road end up killing someone and then we of Spokane get to pay out the nose again.
why cant we get rid of bad officers it just gets worse and worse.