POD: Police accountability, dead legislation and SpoVal's competing(?) desires
We covered police accountability from a lot of different angles: police shootings and transparency, legislation for more accountability, Spokane Valley's desire to help ICE and hopes for more money for more cops.
This week Aaron Hedge and Val flew solo and learned how to use the KYRS sound board, and talked police accountability from a few different angles. The first story centers on death of Donald Hagle, who was killed by Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies in 2024. We delved into him sister’s ongoing quest for answers and transparency, the complicated legislative landscape around police accountability, and the efforts (and failures) to introduce new independent investigative and prosecutorial bodies at the state level.
In the second part, we covered this week’s Spokane Valley City Council discussions, including a proposed sales tax to fund more police officers and a resolution reaffirming the city’s desire to not be a Sanctuary City and desire for Valley police officers to help federal immigration officers deport people. Hedge shared with us the public’s sentiment to the somewhat opposing goals.
As rumors swirling online stoke fear about the re-issuance of the Essential Services letter, USPS leaves Spokane and national postal workers in the dark.
As lawmakers debate how to rein in these cameras, sheriffs, civil rights groups and transparency advocates are clashing over how much access is too much
