Garbage, recycling, and food & yard waste services are on their normal schedule this week. Reminder! Carts need to be at the curb by 6 am on your regular collection day. To view the city holiday operations schedule for the Veterans’ Day holiday, please refer to our release.

Police Department News Releases for April 2019

April 29

Fatal shooting in East Central neighborhood

8:47 a.m. - One adult male deceased after shooting incident on E 5th Ave

April 25

Coffee with a Cop

2:46 p.m. - The Spokane Police Department will hold our next Coffee with a Cop event at the Starbucks 172 S. Division on Wednesday, May 1 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

April 23

Residents Encouraged to Safely Discard Unused Drugs

5:21 p.m. - Residents can safely dispose of unwanted medications and drugs, receive a free medication lock box and help combat the growing opioid epidemic.

April 21

SPD requesting assistance in locating 8 year old child.

1:53 p.m. - Spokane Police are requesting media and public assistance in locating an 8 year old child.

April 19

SPD Requests Assistance Locating Missing 12 Year Old Child

1:26 p.m. - Spokane Police request media and public assistance locating a missing 12 year old child.

April 16

Downtown Standoff Subject Taken Into Custody

9:35 a.m. - Spokane Police Department (SPD) takes Jimmy R. Engleman (53) into custody after a several hour standoff downtown.

April 13

New Tools Helping Scammers to Seem More Legitimate than Ever

6:25 p.m. - We are getting reports of a scam where victims get a call appearing to be an SPD phone number, they failed to pay a bond & now have to pay or go jail.

April 2

Crime Stoppers Offering Reward For Info Regarding an Attempted Robbery

4:49 p.m. - Crime Stoppers is offering a reward in an effort to assist SPD Detectives as they investigate a violent attempted robbery in Browne’s Addition.



Know the Number

Emergency Services
Situations requiring IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE from Police, Fire or ambulance: call 911

Mental Health Crisis
Situations requiring IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE by phone from trained mental health counselors: call 988

Crime Check
Non-emergency police services: call 509.456.2233 to report crimes no longer in process or submit crime tips.
Crime Check Online Reporting also available.

City Services
Non-emergency reporting of potholes, graffiti, or unlawful camping, utility billing, and general information on city services: call 311 or report online

Social Services
Social services and community resources like housing, food, and employment help: call 211

For general police email contact:
SPDWebMail@spokanepolice.org

Media Relations Contact

Officer Daniel Strassenberg
509-835-4568
dstrassenberg@spokanepolice.org