Hire Logue as ombudsman
Sun., April 17, 2016
The community needs resolution more than additional deliberations. It needs to see someone doing the job. Someone they know will be around for awhile.
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H.W. Braham: Interim ombudsman Logue should get job
Sat., April 9, 2016
Based on my assessment, Mr. Logue has a substantially and materially better track record of constituent engagement and ombudsman-related policy implementation than Mr. Humayun.
Conversation over police ombudsman hire grows heated
Wed., April 6, 2016
A meeting of Spokane's police ombudsman commission turned tense Tuesday night as one member made an impassioned case for ending efforts to secure a visa for a permanent police ombudsman candidate.
Condon, Stuckart urge commission to give interim ombudsman the permanent job
Mon., April 4, 2016
After fifteen months of uncertainty and turmoil in the police ombudsman office, Mayor David Condon and Council President Ben Stuckart think it’s time to move on. In a letter to the police ombudsman commission, the pair urged commissioners to begin the process of appointing interim ombudsman Bart Logue to a permanent position. Logue, a former diplomat and Marine Corps provost marshal, has been serving as interim ombudsman since early February.
Visa request of man picked to be Spokane police ombudsman denied, but commission hasn’t given up
Mon., March 21, 2016
It looks like it was prudent for the Spokane police ombudsman commission to
Hurt lingers 10 years after Zehm’s death
Sun., March 20, 2016
We have yet to heal our relationship with our own peace officers. They have yet to heal their relationship with us.
Consider the who, not the what, of the next police chief
Sun., Feb. 21, 2016
Selection must start with “What do we want?”
Commission selects Bart Logue as temporary police ombudsman
Tue., Feb. 2, 2016
Spokane’s police ombudsman commission voted Tuesday night to offer Bart Logue, a diplomat and former Marine Corps police chief, a temporary contract to serve as police ombudsman.
City commission moving to hire an interim police ombudsman
Fri., Jan. 29, 2016
The Canadian man selected in November to be Spokane’s next police ombudsman still doesn’t have a work visa, so a city commission is moving ahead with interviews for an interim ombudsman to fill the role.
Region’s long-term care ombudsman retires
Sat., Jan. 2, 2016
Linda Petrie, who helped craft the region’s first long-term care ombudsman program in 1990, has retired.
Ombudsman appointee has an impressive skill set
Sun., Nov. 29, 2015
Community must support Canadian with no connections.
In case ombudsman pick falls through, Spokane officials search for plan B
Mon., Nov. 9, 2015
Even after selecting a candidate for police ombudsman last week, Spokane’s police ombudsman commission is hedging against a longer vacancy in the office by pushing for a search committee to select interim candidates for the job.
Spokane police ombudsman commission selects Canadian Raheel Humayun
Tue., Nov. 3, 2015
Spokane’s police ombudsman commission tonight voted unanimously to offer the job of the city’s police ombudsman to a Canadian who was initially the second choice of the group. The group picked Raheel Humayun, an investigator with the British Columbia Office of the Ombudsperson, contingent on him getting a visa allowing him to work in Spokane within 75 day.
Breeden turns down interim ombudsman job
Mon., Oct. 5, 2015
Robert Breeden, the ombudsman commission’s top pick for the city’s police oversight position, has turned down an offer to do the job for four months while the city continues vetting him. Breeden, the former second-in-command at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Miami office, said in an email to commissioners Sunday that he was unable to accept the interim job due to “my current personal, financial and professional obligations,” but remained interested in the permanent ombudsman position.
Negotiations begin with Spokane police ombudsman finalist
Thu., Oct. 1, 2015
Robert Breeden, the former Florida cop offered Spokane’s top police oversight job, said Thursday he’s looking forward to discussing the details of the offer with the city.
Commission offers Florida candidate Spokane police ombudsman job, but only for four months
Wed., Sept. 30, 2015
Spokane’s police ombudsman commission on Wednesday offered a candidate from Florida the job of ombudsman but only on a temporary basis.
Police ombudsman commissioners seek deeper background check on job finalist
Tue., Sept. 29, 2015
A week after Spokane’s police chief was forced to step down because of accusations he harassed and belittled subordinates, people involved in the decision to select a new police ombudsman say they’re concerned about similar allegations against one of the finalists for that job.
Police ombudsman commissioners seek deeper background check on job finalist
Mon., Sept. 28, 2015
A week after Spokane’s police chief was forced to step down because of accusations he harassed and belittled subordinates, people involved in the decision to select a new police ombudsman say they’re concerned about similar allegations against one of the finalists for that job.
Lichty takes aim at mayor for “broken promise” on police oversight
Wed., Sept. 2, 2015
Mayoral candidate Shar Lichty is taking aim at Mayor David Condon for what she says is a failure to provide independent police oversight in Spokane.
Speakers favor Florida candidate for Spokane police ombudsman
Wed., Sept. 2, 2015
Spokane residents at a public forum Tuesday expressed strong support for hiring Robert Breeden as Spokane’s new police ombudsman, but some speakers said they’d prefer the city continue the search process rather than picking one of the three finalists. Breeden is a longtime police officer who was most recently the second-in-command for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Miami office.