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 ...
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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 ...
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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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'Disagreeable and unwilling'; City, SREC end negotiations for regionalization
The Spokane Regional Emergency Communications (SREC) Board of Directors announced Thursday that discussions with the city of ...
City of Spokane must plan new emergency dispatch system after SREC ends negotiations
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Regional Emergency Communication (SREC) board announced on Thursday that it is ending discussions with the City of Spokane about the city's emergency services joining the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Regional dispatch network boots city of Spokane, citing 'fundamental distrust'
Spokane Regional Emergency Communications announced a decision on Thursday to end discussions with the city of Spokane, ...
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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 ...
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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.