Spokane COPS will continue to receive city funding – but much less

Spokane COPS will continue to receive city funding – but much less

Spokane’s Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, expects to enter into a much smaller contract with the city after a contentious review of the program’s services late last year – and it will receive even less than it could have after declining to work to “enhance engagement with historically marginalized communities.”

Cash influx prompts plan to increase community policing

A recent influx of federal- and provincial-government funding will allow the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake to hire a number of new Peacekeepers and ensure a safer and more secure community.