http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/23/police-union-endorses-woodward-as-candidates-spar-/

Since both the apparent leaders in the Mayoral race won’t respond to my tough and legitimate questions I thought I would try this to get a few answers. Starting with Candidate Woodward and her most recent public statements which Candidate Stuckart is more than welcome to jump in on.

“The one issue I have with the ombudsman situation as it stands now, I think the disciplinary measures need to come from the police chief,” Woodward said. “I wish we didn’t have to have an ombudsman situation, to be honest with you. I want to be able to believe that the police chief can do his job and weed out any bad apples if there are any.”

MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS:

“I think the disciplinary measures need to come from the police chief,” Woodward said”

***Candidate Woodward are you aware that the OPO Ordinance strictly prohibits the OPO from having any involvement whatsoever in “disciplinary measures” and they are entirely the purview of the Chief of Police and the Mayor?

***Are you aware that the OPO Ordinance strictly prohibits the OPO or OPOC from even commenting in any way about “disciplinary measures”, or lack thereof, taken by the Chief of Police or the Mayor?

“I wish we didn’t have to have an ombudsman situation, to be honest with you. I want to be able to believe that the police chief can do his job and weed out any bad apples if there are any.”

*** Candidate Woodward are you aware that after former SPD Officer Karl Thompson was convicted in Federal Court and sent to prison for violating the Civil Rights of Otto Zehm and lying about his actions which the Federal Prosecutors described as an “extensive cover-up” and “violent abuse of power”, that in February of 2013 the voters of the City of Spokane overwhelmingly voted in favor of a City Charter change creating the Office of Police Ombudsman?

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jan/25/ombudsman-power-in-the-mail-for-vote/

***Were you aware that the two individuals who championed the Charter Change at the time were Conservative members of the City Council Steve Salvatori and Mike Allan?

*** Were you aware that at the time the FBI was investigating the Otto Zehm case then Chief Anne Kirkpatrick and Mayor Verner gave their complete and unequivocal support to Karl Thompson despite the obvious cover-up?    

https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-police-chiefs-troubles-resemble-those-of-her-past/Content?oid=12242508

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/nov/02/otto-zehm-case-timeline/

***Were you aware that as a result of the extensive SPD Cover-up former SPD Officer Tim Moses plead guilty to Obstruction charges and left SPD subsequently being placed on the Prosecutors Brady list along with current SPD Officer Sandra McIntyre who was also involved?

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/mar/23/officers-likely-to-face-charges/

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/may/08/timothy-moses-pleads-guilty-to-perjury-in-otto/

***Are you aware that current Police Chief Craig Meidl whom rumor has it you intend to keep said about Karl Thompson after he and his wife saluted Thompson as he was hauled off to prison? If you haven’t you can read them here.

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A9da996ed-3fc6-4e45-81df-befefb9b2331

***Are you aware that the Spokane Police Guild opposed any Spokane police ombudsman’s authority to conduct independent investigations into alleged officer misconduct which forced the issue to be subject to contract negotiations during which the powers of the OPO have been extremely limited and further limiting OPO powers are a big part of the current ongoing contract negotiations?

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/sep/15/oversight-request-denied/

***Candidate Woodward have you studied the Use of Force Commission Report and the COPS/DOJ Collaborative Review?

FINAL QUESTION:

***Candidate Woodward do you feel it is an appropriate expenditure of taxpayers dollars for Chief Meidl to assign an SPD Crime Analyst to do an analysis of all of my the Public Records Requests and my stories in an attempt to determine who leaks information to me?

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/18/opposition-persists-as-new-spokane-regional-emerge/

This is actually a political power struggle and attempt to salvage a failed legacy with Mayor Condon and his Conservative allies on the Board of County Commissioners trying to gain complete control over the taxpayers dollars used to fund Public Safety Services while at the same time help their Conservative buddy Condon out with his legacy, pitted against the primarily Progressive Spokane City Council, with Conservative Council Member Mike Fagan likely seeing the disadvantages for City taxpayers joining the Progressives on the issue.

The record is quite clear that Mayor Condon and Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich wanted a Metro Public Safety Model for all of Spokane County and despite warning after warning Condon hired Rudy Giuliani and convicted felon Bernard Kerik sycophant Frank Straub who had previously been booted from his Public Safety Director positions in Indianapolis Indiana and White Plains NY. We all know what a blunder Condon made with the hiring of Frank Straub, and the millions it cost taxpayers.

“Condon said he recently met with Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, who earlier advocated consolidating the two police agencies.”

Knezovich said Condon “wants to make sure this is a good fit. I don’t want to speak for the mayor, but it was my understanding that (full consolidation) … is not off the table,” he said.

“With change at the top of the Spokane Police Department, Knezovich said the timing is perfect for the city and county to explore combining the force with the Sheriff’s Office. The police and sheriff’s departments are, respectively, the largest and second-largest law enforcement agencies in Eastern Washington.”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/nov/18/sheriff-offers-to-lead-spd/

“Condon said he recently met with Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, who earlier advocated consolidating the two police agencies.”

Knezovich said Condon “wants to make sure this is a good fit. I don’t want to speak for the mayor, but it was my understanding that (full consolidation) … is not off the table,” he said.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jun/02/mayor-eyes-metro-model/

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/aug/23/mayor-selects-straub-to-lead-police/

To make matters even worse and showing his cards Condon hires Conservative buddy and Straub sycophant James McDevitt as the “Director of Law Enforcement” to continue SPD’s downfall.

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Abf3a4d3d-b131-44ce-9c8d-90167ac4a213

To continue the Condon/Straub SPD downfall Condon bypasses the Police Chief hiring process and hires Karl Thompson sycophant Craig Meidl to continue the Straub, McDevitt SPD downfall. Meidl most recently stroked Straub during the July 16, 2019 OPOC Commission Meeting (more coming later on that dog and pony show).

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2016/02/26/email-reveals-deep-sympathies-to-officer-convicted-of-excessive-force

https://www.khq.com/news/public-criticizes-newly-appointed-spokane-police-chief-meidl/article_cc7d26db-c542-5b5e-8d24-a8fd12cf282c.html

Anyone who has studied the SREC/SPOCOM issues knows what a mess it is and how the meeting minutes demonstrate concerted efforts to grab taxpayer dollars while at the same time cut the City of Spokane out of any say whatsoever in decisions. It is hard to understand why other reporters haven’t mentioned all of the previous failures of Steve Reinke, SREC’s executive director.

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Aae65fde1-cabf-4ba7-a2cf-f551702e6f08

BACKGROUND:

https://examplepro.me/2018/11/21/9-1-1-emergencyjust-the-facts-please/

https://examplepro.me/2018/11/15/run-city-run/

https://examplepro.me/2018/11/27/run-city-runpart-twothe-short-version/

https://examplepro.me/2019/05/16/run-city-run-part-three/

STORY IMAGES:

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Addf28667-04d6-4e4c-b845-3b6128152051

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/17/spokane-council-members-suggest-moving-police-prec/

Although I seriously doubt there will be a real effort to move the Precinct back to the city core until sometime after we have a new Mayor, because doing so would once again prove the very expensive Condon/Straub/Meidl Precinct Model has been a failure, I can’t help but wonder if some member of SPD balks at the move and Craig Meidl is still Chief Meidl if he will make another stupid and frivolous IA Complaint against any member who balks at the move like Meidl did with Captain Brad Arleth during the move from STA to the Intermodal Center.

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2016/03/18/spokane-police-captain-disagrees-with-insubordination

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Adc9be620-59e8-40b6-9843-167ff381c4ab

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A8ee2d8a0-bc2a-44bf-a367-de96d4020f17

Of course, if there ends up being an IA Complaint made by Meidl there will, as is always the case with SPD, some type of retribution against any SPD Officer trying to do the right thing.

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2017/05/15/racial-disproportionality-exists-in-spokane-police-stops-searches-and-arrests-study-finds

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2016/09/21/why-was-spokane-police-capt-brad-arleth-removed-from-his-big-race-data-project

Whomever might report the facts of any retribution on the part of SPD will get the typical “Bad Boy/Girl” email from Meidl, something he apparently gets a kick out of doing.

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A01127e26-37d0-44ef-a508-6734aaf368cc

It is amazing isn’t it how things change during election cycles, one candidate brings up what could be a legitimate point and all of a sudden it becomes difficult to tell what any candidates true position actually is, or exactly what overall costs might be. In the case of Council Member Lori Kinnear who championed the hiring of Craig Meidl, it is really difficult!

https://www.inlander.com/spokane/news/Section?oid=2124740

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Ab429fb98-bc94-4be9-b1dd-a32a3a516838

FURNITURE-GATE BACKGROUND:

https://examplepro.me/2016/01/06/arlethyes-furniture/

https://examplepro.me/2016/01/11/big-meeting-on-arleths-furniture-today/

https://examplepro.me/2016/02/09/prr-update-lynden-smithson-vs-brad-arleth/

https://examplepro.me/2016/03/17/what-do-you-do-when-your-asset-manager-lies-in-official-correspondence-part-one/

https://examplepro.me/2016/03/18/what-do-you-do-when-your-asset-manager-lies-in-official-correspondence-part-two/

https://examplepro.me/2016/03/21/what-do-you-do-when-your-asset-manager-lies-in-official-correspondence-part-three/

https://examplepro.me/2016/03/23/what-do-you-do-when-your-asset-manager-lies-in-official-correspondence-part-four/

https://examplepro.me/2016/03/26/furniture-gate-part-six-the-clean-up/

https://examplepro.me/2016/03/28/furniture-gate-part-seven-the-garrity-statements/

https://examplepro.me/2016/03/30/furniture-gate-part-eight-is-this-what-you-want/

https://examplepro.me/2017/10/17/more-proof-the-straubcondon-precinct-model-is-an-expensive-waste/

STORY IMAGES:

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A8f24d8cf-8041-4111-8285-d624fe268168

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!