One metric suggests it does, but Spokane s police chief says more context is required. Author: Casey Decker Updated: 9:29 PM PDT May 10, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. You may have heard the startling statistic: activists for police accountability have said that the Spokane Police Department is the third-deadliest police force in the entire United States.
But where does that figure even come from and is it accurate?
The statistic comes from a website called Mapping Police Violence. The site compiled data on people killed by police across America s 100 largest cities, between 2013 and 2020.
Spokane had 17, an average of 2.125 police killings per year during that span.