070107 Edition.pub - Spokane Police Department
070107 Edition.pub - Spokane Police Department
070107 Edition.pub - Spokane Police Department
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SPOKANE<br />
GENERAL DETECTIVES REORGANIZATION<br />
By: Detective Sgt. Frank Scalise<br />
In April, the General Detectives Unit was reorganized with the intention of becoming more efficient. There<br />
were several changes made.<br />
The Fraud Team and the Targeted Crimes Team were placed under the same sergeant (currently Sergeant<br />
Cummings). This is due to the likelihood that many prolific fraud suspects are some of the same people that<br />
the pro-active Targeted Crimes Team focuses on. The two teams will both benefit from greater interaction.<br />
The North and South Property Crimes teams were combined into a single team responsible for property<br />
crimes citywide.<br />
Detective Ben Estes and Detective Sheri Wilson were assigned to a newly formed Child Physical Abuse<br />
Team. These detectives work solely on child physical abuse and neglect. Previously, physical abuse and<br />
neglect cases were assigned to any of the dozen or so property crimes detectives. By forming this new<br />
team, the intention is that the two detectives assigned will develop a much higher level of expertise in this<br />
type of investigation. It will also allow for patrol officers and outside agencies such as Child Protective<br />
Services (CPS) to have a consistent point of contact in the investigative division. Both detectives have<br />
already attended specialized training and are carrying full case loads.<br />
SPD TV TO AIR IN JULY<br />
The first edition of the department’s SPD TV program will air during the month of July on City<br />
Cable Channel 5. The program on “Use of Force” was recently taped at City Hall. Corporal Dave<br />
Adams served as host and spoke with Corporal Jeff Schaal and Officer Rob Boothe about how the<br />
department trains its officers in the use of force. The program will play 18 times during the month.<br />
Times for playback can be found in the City Cable 5 schedule on the city’s website at<br />
www.spokanecity.org as well as the police department’s website at www.spokanepolice.org.<br />
Each month SPD TV will discuss a different topic in the hopes of educating citizens on our tactics,<br />
training and special units.<br />
14 8:30pm<br />
15 10am<br />
17 8pm<br />
18 11am<br />
21 8:30pm<br />
22 10am<br />
24 8pm<br />
25 11am<br />
28 8:30pm<br />
29 10am<br />
31 8pm<br />
July Air Dates:<br />
Ofc. Boothe, Cpl. Schaal and<br />
Cpl. Adams on the SPD TV set<br />
By: Mike Lavelle
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