Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown on Thursday justified a push by two political allies in Olympia to claw back tax dollars from the ...

The “will they or won’t they join” conversation between the city of Spokane and the board of Spokane Regional Emergency Communications, or SREC, abruptly ...

House Bill 1258 is an effort by the city of Spokane to take control of SREC and return it to the “dollars vs. efficiency” days of the past. If this bill, focusing on a single entity passes, over 20 ...

Spokane County signaled Tuesday that not all is lost after its dispatch network kicked the city of Spokane from its regional ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Spokane County commissioners met with members of Spokane Regional Emergency Communications (SREC) and Spokane County law enforcement on Tuesday to discuss how the City of ...

House Bill 1258 proposes that funding for emergency dispatch services across Spokane County should be based on call-volume ...

The city must create a new emergency dispatch system after SREC ended negotiations, but SREC board members say a partnership is not entirely off the table.

Tensions between the City of Spokane and Spokane Regional Emergency Communications (SREC) have led the city to plan a ...

The Spokane Fire Department will be removed from the communication system, but dispatch calls will still go through SREC for now. A city spokesperson said that would last until they can set up ...

SREC said the city's stance on legislation like HB 1258, which would direct county tax dollars to address the city's financial and public safety challenges, shows a growing divide in priorities.

Spokane Regional Emergency Communications, or SREC, is the county’s primary Public Safety Answering Point, or PSAP. The organization routes 911 and crime check calls while dispatching fire and ...