Spokane COPS may close shop after over three decades due to lack of funding
The Spokane Police Department isn’t the only agency patrolling Spokane, but after nearly 32 years, the nonprofit helping out ...
Spokanites ask city to keep nonprofit on budget crunch chopping block
Dozens of Spokanites gathered at Monday’s city council meeting, pleading with their elected officials to continue funding a ...
Spokane to examine its 32-year partnership with C.O.P.S.
Spokane may soon reconsider its 32-year partnership with Spokane Community Oriented Policing Services, or C.O.P.S., examining ...
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Spokane C.O.P.S. program preparing to shut down, will lose city funding December 31st
A program that has served Spokane neighborhoods for more than 30 years could soon be a thing of the past, if the Spokane City ...
Spokane C.O.P.S. potentially facing changes amid city's $50 million budget deficit
Since the organization's beginning in 1991, the City of Spokane has renewed a five-year contract, handing out nearly half a ...
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C.O.P.S. at risk of losing funding after Spokane 2025-26 budget excludes funding for the program
The future of the Community Policing Program (C.O.P.S.) is uncertain as the 2025-2026 budget excludes funding for the program.
Spokane voters passing sales tax hike by wide margin in first year victory for Mayor Lisa Brown
In a victory for Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown, voters are approving a sales tax increase that will help pay for a number of Brown ...
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Woman claws and bites accused attacker choking her in university parking lot, WA cops say
The woman called 911 at about 12:15 p.m. Oct. 17, the Spokane Police Department said in a Facebook post. She was on the Washington State University campus when she walked by a man who she thought ...