Spokane, SREC board point fingers as fight over 911 dispatch funding heats up
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown on Thursday justified a push by two political allies in Olympia to claw back tax dollars from the ...
City of Spokane leaders testify in support of bill shifting how funding is allocated for emergency dispatch
House Bill 1258 proposes that funding for emergency dispatch services across Spokane County should be based on call-volume ...
Countywide fire and police leaders convene in outcry against bill to divert some county taxes to city
Nineteen police and fire department representatives from Liberty Lake to Latah to Cheney to Elk convened at the new Spokane ...
SREC ends negotiations with City of Spokane on joining emergency dispatch services
SFD has been using SREC for dispatch communications since 2022 and said in a press release that the loss of SREC raises ...
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City of Spokane clashes with county over emergency communications bill
Tensions between the City of Spokane and Spokane Regional Emergency Communications (SREC) have led the city to plan a ...
Spokane County officials, law enforcement discuss potential tax concerns raised by new bill
SREC leaders say House Bill 1258 would unfairly redirect taxes from county taxpayers to the city for its emergency service ...
SREC board chair willing to renew discussions with Spokane over dispatch network
Spokane County signaled Tuesday that not all is lost after its dispatch network kicked the city of Spokane from its regional ...
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Regional Spokane 911 center SREC tells the city of Spokane to go its own way
The “will they or won’t they join” conversation between the city of Spokane and the board of Spokane Regional Emergency ...
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Spokane Fire Department issues statement on 'forced exit' from regional dispatch system
The Spokane Fire Department (SFD) released a statement regarding the news that it will no longer share a regional emergency communication system.
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'Disagreeable and unwilling'; City, SREC end negotiations for regionalization
SREC said the city's stance on legislation like HB 1258, which would direct county tax dollars to address the city's financial and public safety challenges, shows a growing divide in priorities.
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City of Spokane 'forced out' of emergency communications system following board's decision
SPOKANE, Wash. - The City of Spokane said it was forced out of the county-wide emergency communications system which will ...
Regional dispatch system kicks out Spokane Fire Department as talks on taking police calls collapse
A long-debated proposal to bring the city of Spokane fully into the regional 911 dispatch system collapsed this week with the Spokane Regional Emergency Communications board voting to end negotiations ...