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Thanks for nothing, SPD

I am a member of a local Oxford House here in Spokane. An Oxford House is a house rented out by former alcoholics and drug addicts. We pay our taxes; we all pay our own way. We don’t drink or do drugs, or we will lose our home.

Recently, our treasurer forged checks from our house to the tune of $2,000. We called Spokane police, or I should say Crime Check, to report it and make a police report. We were told that a detective would talk to us. We gathered up all the evidence. Everything was in black and white, no problems. The police held him for a few days and sent him back to Seattle on a different warrant, never charging him with the crime he did to us.

All they had to do was send someone, anyone, to come and get the evidence. Needless to say, this psychotic thief is now free to rob and forge again. We almost became homeless because of this person. Our belief in justice is shot. What more could we have done? Next time we will take care of it.

Thanks for nothing, SPD.

Dave Stevens

Spokane

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