Police ombudsman forums this weekend

The City of Spokane will hold public forums for its police ombudsman finalists on Friday and Saturday.

There are three prospects:

Anthony Betz , of College Station, Tex. , a retired FBI agent working as an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University .

Timothy Burns , of Visalia , Calif. , a retired police officer working as the neighborhood preservation manager for that city .

Greg Weber , of Spokane , an attorney in private practice who once  served on Washington State Attorney General’s staff.

Forums are scheduled for:

• 5 p.m. Friday in the Chase Gallery in the lower level of City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
• 10 a.m. Saturday at West Central Community Center , 1603 N. Belt.
• 2 p.m. Saturday at East Central Community Center , 500 S. Stone.