(The Center Square) – Spokane City Council members questioned Police Ombuds Bart Logue on Sept. 17 about his office’s review of the Spokane Police Department’s response to a June 2025 protest outside a federal immigration facility, bringing renewed attention to the report’s 26 recommendations and how SPD may respond to them.
The Office of the Police Ombuds released its closing report in July after reviewing the June 11, 2025, protest at and around the federal immigration facility on West Cataldo Avenue.
The protest grew into a large, multi-agency response involving SPD, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office and federal personnel. Thirty people were arrested, and police used smoke, pepper-based irritants, pepper balls, 40mm rounds, bean bag rounds and other less-lethal tools…