Spokane Police Department audit

Spokane’s elected leaders on Friday acknowledged calls from within the Police Department to add personnel, but weren’t ready to offer specific plans on how that might happen.

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Fri., March 24, 2017

From left, Mayor David Condon, Spokane police Chief Craig Meidl, NAACP President Phillip Tyler and Gonzaga’s JoAnn Danelo Barbour – who helped author the report – field questions from the media during a news conference discussing the results of a Spokane Police Department-wide culture audit on Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Public Safety Building in Spokane, Wash.

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Spokane police Chief Craig Meidl speaks during a news conference discussing the results of a department-wide culture audit on Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Public Safety Building in Spokane, Wash.

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Spokane police Chief Craig Meidl speaks during a news conference discussing the results of a department-wide culture audit on Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Public Safety Building in Spokane, Wash.

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NAACP President Phillip Tyler speaks during a news conference discussing the results of a department-wide culture audit of the Spokane Police Department, on Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Public Safety Building in Spokane, Wash.

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