SPOKANE, WASH – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown said the current model of the Spokane Regional Emergency Communications system doesn’t serve the city well and if the current model is not fixed, the city will go it alone.
Mayor Brown outlined concerns to the SREC board in a letter sent Saturday, which was the city’s deadline to respond about its future in the current configuration.
Brown highlighted concerns brought forth by a third-party consulting group, which said if the current structure stays the same, it would not recommend the City of Spokane be a part of it.
SREC is a regional approach to 911 services created in 2018. The relationship with the City of Spokane has been tenuous since its inception.
SCREC provides emergency and non-emergency response to calls and provides fire and law enforcement dispatch to agencies across Spokane County.
Right now, it provides 911 dispatching for the Spokane Fire Department; dispatchers for city police are in the same building, but city employees handle the calls.