SPOKANE – Starting Tuesday, people within the Spokane city limits are asked to stop using Crime Check to report nonemergency issues to police or fire. Instead, they should dial 311, a single point of contact for city services.
The change is the first step in the city’s effort to take over emergency communications services previously handled by Spokane Regional Emergency Communications, known as SREC. SREC voted to remove the City of Spokane from its dispatch system, the transition from Crime Check to 311 is the first phase of the city taking over those responsibilities…