I got a tip from a source who travels in the same circles as Frank Straub that I thought I would share with my readers.

What has Frank been doing while we continue to pay him? It is no surprise that he has hit the speaking engagement circuit, something he did all the time he was the Chief of Police here in Spokane on our dime, and has continues to do so.

 

While we have been battling the cold weather and snow Frank has opted for warmer climates.

 

Here is video of a speaking engagement Straub had with the Inter-American Development Bank a few days ago, where he continues the Dog and Pony Show he has perfected during his short stays all over the Country.

 

I wonder if the Mayor approved this one?

 

https://vimeo.com/149922238

 

https://vimeo.com/149923655

 

ENJOY…AFTER ALL HE WAS STILL DRAWING A SALARY ON US!

 

 

 

STAY TUNED FOR ANOTHER ARTICLE LATER TODAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have submitted a Public Records Request to the City in an effort to determine why Lynden Smithson was placed on paid administrative leave by Nancy Isserlis, so hopefully we will find out at some point.

 

Another email I found interesting in the PRR Doc Dump was this email from Lt. Mark Griffiths, to a number of people including Nancy Isserlis dealing with the important issue of “Human Trafficking” and the approach his Unit was taking.

 

 

GETTING TO KNOW THE PLAYERS!

 

The link below will help you to get to know some of the players associated with this entire affair (no pun intended), including Lt. Griffiths, Lynden Smithson, and even Regina Malveaux a Howard University Grad and close friend of Rachel Dolezal, who defended Dolezal throughout that little episode of the Condon Docudrama.

 

https://my.spokanecity.org/news/stories/2015/10/26/continuing-the-fight-against-domestic-violence-in-spokane/

 

What the above press conference tells us, among other things, is that Nancy Isserlis did allow Lynden Smithson to return to work from paid administrative leave to prosecute cases in with the Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Team. My PRR does request all documents concerning his return to work as well.

 

 

 

HERE IT COMES!!!! 

Well at some point you knew it was coming… “We need MORE MONEY!”. It was just a matter of WHEN.

Keep in mind this program has never been evaluated and we don’t know if it is another one of the Straub programs that feels good, and sounds good but may not be a good use of staffing…we just don’t know.

Before the City and SPD start handing out any more money for Condon’s and Straub’s failed programs, this needs to be done and done properly.

 

COPS/DOJ 

Recommendation 10.5

SPD should conduct a staffing analysis to determine if the department is meeting its operational needs and has an adequate amount of staff to ensure its continued mission, objectives, and community policing principles.

SPD should conduct a staffing analysis. This analysis should follow the workload-based model. This model will allow SPD to examine the “levels of demand for police services and matches that demand with the supply for police resources.”143 In addition to examining calls for service received, this model also examines other “operational demands facing the department”144 (e.g., police activities league [PAL], community meet­ings, training) and makes staffing determinations based on these findings

 

As I have mentioned in previous stories when you do a PRR inevitably other issues arise that really make one wonder exactly what the real stories are. In the most recent PRR Document Dump I received along with all the other media I have found many interesting things, and this is just one that the public should know about.

The following are copies of email strings between Nancy Isserlis and Lt. Mark Griffiths that seem odd to me. But you should draw your own conclusions as to whether further follow-up is needed.

On 3/19/2015 at 10:02 AM Lt. Mark Griffiths of the SPD Special Victims Unit sent this email to a number of individuals including members of the East Spokane Business Association.

 

 

 

On 3/19/15 at 10:04 AM; Isserlis responds to Griffith’s email stating “Excellent. Hopefully I don’t know any of the three”

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 10:14 AM Griffiths responds; “You never know. It’s a small town.”

 

 

At 10:20 AM Isserlis responds; “I knew several on the list from the massage parlors in Airway Heights….”

 

 

 

 

 

The following morning Isserlis emails Griffiths and Frank Straub stating this; “This morning, I put Lynden Smithson, assistant City prosecutor, on paid administrative leave. his cases will be reassigned until further notice.”

 

 

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!

 

UPDATE!!

 

We shall see what happens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You end up in what Addy Hatch refers to as an “infantile pissing match”. It reminds me of when I was a kid on the playground and when the rich kid was losing he took the ball he owned and stormed off.

 

Here is todays example of just that. Hell not even Jack Webb is allowed to write the truth because it is embarrassing to the SR. 🙂

 

ANOTHER HILARIOUS REPORT IN TODAYS SR!

 

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/dec/23/reporting-assignment-raised-suspicions-about-newsp/

 

What is so hilarious about the AP story above you might ask…well read on.

 

 

https://twitter.com/GLgraham/status/679071464763428864

 

What people often don’t understand about the media is that when they are criticized, or their ethics is questioned, they circle the wagons and in many cases far beyond the way cops circle the wagons.

 

The media has a powerful public obligation; some use it ethically some not. There are a number of ways for an owner to wield that power. they can have their minions go after someone completely unfairly, or if they really like someone, even to the point of backing them heavily financially…they can just kind of let the truth NOT BE TOLD.

 

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!