SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane City Council Member Jonathan Bingle held a news conference expressing support for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. Community members attended the event ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane's Community-Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program faces an uncertain future as it awaits a decision on continued city funding. The program, which says it provides ...

Since its adoption, the COPS program's effects on crime have been mixed at best. But more importantly, it became an excuse for many local police departments simply to substitute the feds' money for ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is seeking funding from the community after the City of Spokane cut the program's funding earlier this year. The city chose not ...