Latest Public Safety News Releases

Yesterday

SPD are Searching for a Vehicle in Connection with Fatal Hit and Run

4:16 p.m. - On Oct. 26th, 2026, SPD officers responded to the area of W. Maxwell Ave and N. Walnut St for a report of a vehicle versus pedestrian collision.

Are the Cameras in Spokane Flock or ALPRs?

2:35 p.m. - You may see cameras and wonder if they are Flock or ALPRs (Automated License Plate Readers). SPD doesn't own or operate any Flock or ALPR cameras.

Oct. 23

Spokane Police is Seeking Assistance Locating a Missing Adult Male

11:30 a.m. - The Spokane Police department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 30-year-old Cooper Morris.

Oct. 21

Spokane Police Department Makes Arrest in a Decades Old Homicide

4:56 p.m. - After investigating for nearly four decades, detectives developed probable cause to charge 74-year-old David Tibbett with Second Degree Murder.

SPD Seek Community Assistance in Locating Missing 10-Year-Old

9:10 a.m. - The Spokane Police Department is seeking help from community members in locating a missing 10-year-old Indigenous female.

Oct. 20

SPD Seeks the Public's Assistance in Locating 94-year-old man

8:10 a.m. - The Spokane Police Department is seeking help with locating Billy Willey, a missing 94-year-old male.

Oct. 13

SPD Seeks Assistance in Locating Vehicle Associated in Hit and Run

3:45 p.m. - The Spokane Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance with locating a vehicle associated in a serious injury hit and run collision.

Oct. 7

Spokane Police Respond to Fatal Stabbing in Northeast Spokane

11:45 a.m. - On October 6th 2026, shortly after 8:20 P.M., SPD officers responded to a reported stabbing at the intersection of N. Hamilton St and E. Mission Ave

Sept. 30

Safer Spokane

2:40 p.m. - The numbers tell the story: Spokane is safer today than it has been in the past seven years.

Special Investigation Unit Seized Large Amounts of Cash and Cocaine

2:30 p.m. - On September 28th, 2026 detectives with SIU executed search warrants on 2 vehicles, two residences, and a storage unit in connection with two locals.