Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Doug Clark: In the name of public safety, let’s Send Batty Packing

  April 8, 2012 in City on Page B1 Show of hands, please. Anyone think we’ve finally seen the last of that drunken-driving disaster, David Batty? 5

• Closed meetings lead to resignation

  December 22, 2011 in City on Page A10 The portion of the Mayor-elect David Condon’s transition team devoted to public safety has decided to keep its discussions confidential, leading one member to quit the group. Tim Connor, communications … 4

• As economy falters, security services are hiring more guards

  August 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 The fastest-growing occupation in Spokane County is not in health care or green technology. It can’t be found in casinos or computer labs. It’s security guard – one of the … 20

• Fireworks ban extinguishes fun for some revelers

  July 3, 2011 in City on Page B1 With new restrictions on the use of fireworks within city limits this year, Airway Heights has lost its spark. The West Plains city was the last within Spokane County to … 9

• City, guild negotiating concessions

  December 3, 2010 in City on Page A8 Spokane Mayor Mary Verner said her staff was continuing to meet late Thursday with the Spokane Police Guild on a proposed concession agreement to prevent at least some of the … 8

• Liberty Lake department heads trying to cut costs

  August 19, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V6 The Liberty Lake City Council heard an accounting from the city’s department heads of what they were doing to reduce costs. Community Development Director Doug Smith told the council the …

• Sheriff seeks to sue Kootenai County, wants it to pay legal expenses

  August 15, 2010 in Idaho on Page B7 The Kootenai County sheriff wants the county to pay the legal expenses for the Sheriff’s Department in a lawsuit he wants to file against the county.

• New Jail Needs More Security

  September 19, 1997 in City on Page B2 King County plans to spend half a million dollars to bolster security at the new Regional Justice Center here, adding items ranging from new motion detectors and razor wire, to …

• Grant To Pay For 30 New Police Officers

  September 19, 1996 in City on Page B3 The city of Spokane has been promised $2.25 million in federal money to help fund 30 new police officers, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Under the terms of the U.S. …