Spokane Police Officers to Begin Wearing Body Cams governing.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from governing.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Daniel Walters photo Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward says the idea of bringing Breean Beggs (right) to the negotiating table came from the police union. S
pokane Mayor Nadine Woodward remembers seeing the police officers’ faces in June when the Spokane City Council struck down their proposed contract with a unanimous 7-0 vote. “The officers were watching that count happen as I was speaking to them,” Woodward says. “They were completely dejected, frustrated, upset. I got to see that personally.” The union had gone over three years without a current contract or pay raises. And yet, much of the public had been waiting more than
Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward stands beside the Seattle officers recently hired by the Spokane Police Department.
After a long day working at the Coeur d Alene Tribal Court, Boots Faletogo comes home on Dec. 15 and puts on KREM TV s 10 pm newscast like she usually does. But that night, she sees a story about the Spokane Police Department hiring four officers from Seattle. There s Officer Josh Zuray, a former pastor and then Officer Bryan Weber, a trained chef. There s Officer Jesse Cahill, a WSU grad married to a Spokane native. And then there s Jared Keller. I was like Jared Keller. Jared Keller. Jared Keller, I