Office of Professional Accountability

The mission of Office of Professional Accountability is to provide for oversight of the complaint process; to promote public awareness of and full access to that process; and to advance reforms that increase police accountability by the Spokane Police Department.

Items of Interest

IA Complaint Forms

To submit a complaint, please fill out the IA Complaint Form and e-mail to SPDInternalAffairs@spokanepolice.org. You will soon be contacted about your complaint by the Internal Affairs investigator.

Officer Commendations

To submit a commendation, please e-mail SPDInternalAffairs@spokanepolice.org with the details of the contact with our officer. Please include your name (or the name of the person contacted by police if known), the location of the contact, the date and time of the contact, the officer’s name (if known) and the details of the contact.

Body Camera Program

In 2014, Spokane Police Department began the implementation of body-worn cameras, gathering department and community input. SPD contacted 160 community groups for input and gave 70 presentations on body-worn cameras in 2014. SPD's body-worn camera pilot program took place September 1, 2014- December 31, 2014. During the pilot program, SPD trained officers and records specialists in Evidence.com (video data storage), completed necessary hardware upgrades for uploading video, and conducted widespread community outreach. Although the pilot formally ended, the officers in the program continued to wear cameras on a volunteer basis while during examination of the results of the pilot program. View the Body Worn Camera Pilot Program Audit (PDF 732 KB).

SPD equipped half of patrol officers with cameras in June 2015 and equipped the rest of patrol with cameras in December 2015, as part of a study by Arizona State University's Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety on body camera studies. Professor Michael D. White's study is entitled: "Assessing the Impact and Consequences of Police Officer Body-Worn Cameras: A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial." As of April 2017, all officers in a patrol function are equipped with cameras.


Contact Police

For in progress crimes and emergencies call 911

To report a non-emergent crime contact:

To provide crime activity or suspect information that doesn't require immediate action contact:

For general police email contact:
eraspdweb@spokanepolice.org

For nuisance reports, including code violations (i.e. illegal camping, substantial litter in yards or alleys, graffiti, land use violations), parking complaints, and road condition issues contact:

Contact Information

Lt. Sean Wheeler
Lieutenant, Internal Affairs
Spokane Police Department
1100 West Mallon
Spokane, Washington 99260
spdinternalaffairs@spokanepolice.org
509.835.4588

Police Ombudsman
City Hall, First Floor
808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
Spokane, Washington 99201
509.625.6742