James Henrikson's defense team called an Arizona man to offer another account of Kristopher Clarke's killing that differed from the one told by confessed killer Timothy Suckow.
SPD has so far updated six policies following a 2014 review by the Department of Justice. More are forthcoming.
Newly-appointed law enforcement director Jim McDevitt will be paid about $64,000 for four months of temporary work and won't have authority to fire or hire Spokane Police Department employees.
U.S. District Court Judge Salvador Mendoza ruled Tuesday that prosecutors should have turned over a series of texts between Spokane Police Detective Mark Burbridge and defense witness Robert Delao to James Henrikson's defense team. But Mendoza wants involved parties to testify before ruling on whether a mistrial or continuance is necessary.
Jeff Dobrow, the son of retiring Spokane interim police Chief Rick Dobrow, sent an open letter Wednesday to Mayor David Condon criticizing the Mayor for requiring a bachelor's degree for the chief job. Dobrow announced last week he would retire March 1 and said his…
Next week, the Spokane Police Department is opening up its monthly crime statistics meeting to the public. It's the first time in the Spokane CompStat program's three-year history that a meeting will be open.
The two men that James Henrikson's defense team say are using their client as a scapegoat spoke about their criminal activity in testimony Tuesday morning.
Timothy Suckow, 52, said he did not want to kill Douglas Carlile when he lie in wait in the South Hill man's home Dec. 15, 2013. He said he'd been ordered there by James Henrikson, and instead meant only to rob Carlile, who was shot and killed.
Public safety news from the Inland Northwest and beyond.
| Feb. 2016 | ||||
| 22 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 10 |
| 02 | 01 |
