City to hire lawyer to defend police suit
The Spokane City Council on Monday agreed to hire a local attorney to help the city defend itself in a lawsuit filed by a Spokane police detective.
The city will pay Milt Rowland, a former assistant city attorney for Spokane, up to $75,000 to assist the city in the case brought by Detective Jay Mehring . Rowland is part of the firm Foster Pepper.
Jon Brunt has more at the Spin Control blog.
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