August 24, 2022 Asotin County – State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Blankenship Fire located in Asotin County, near the city of Clarkston. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on August…
August 25, 2022 Grant County- Seven men were arrested in Grant County over the course of several days as part of an operation identifying individuals allegedly involved in the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. This multi-day operation involved the Washington State Patrol (WSP), local Grant County law enforcement agencies and several partner agencies. These cases…
August 21, 2022
SIIR Press Release for Officer Involved Shooting
Update #2 August 17, 2022
This is an update to the original press release put out by the Spokane Independent Investigative Response Team on August 4, 2022. SIIR is sending out this release as the required weekly update to the incident that occurred on August 3,…
August 18, 2022 King County: Shortly after 12:00 pm today Washington State Patrol Communications (WSP) in Vancouver, Washington received 9-1-1 calls of a driver of a Toyota Camry brandishing a weapon at other drivers on Interstate 5 near Vancouver. Troopers in the area were able to locate the vehicle and attempted to pull the vehicle over at…
August 18, 2022 King County: Just before 1:00 am this morning Washington State Patrol (WSP) communications began receiving 9-1-1 calls reporting a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-90 just west of SR 18. Troopers responded to the area in an attempt to intercept the vehicle and get it stopped. During this time WSP communications…
August 17, 2022
SIIR Press Release for Spokane County Deputy Involved Shooting
Update #22 August 17, 2022.
This is an update to the original press release put out by the Spokane Independent Investigative Response Team on March 15, 2022. SIIR is sending out this release as WAC 139 requires a weekly update. This Update is in…
August 12, 2022 Whitman County – State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Miller Road Fire located in Whitman County, near the town of Ewan. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on…
August 11, 2022 King County: At approximately 8:00 am this morning, August 11, 2022, Washington State Patrol (WSP) communications received 9-1-1 calls reporting a one vehicle pedestrian collision NB I-5 just south of Albro. Once troopers arrived on scene they observed a black BMW X3 on the left shoulder and a male individual on the other side…
August 11, 2022 King County: At approximately 11:45 pm on August 8, 2022, Washington State Patrol (WSP) communications received a 9-1-1 call from a victim stating that they were shot at by another vehicle NB I-5 near the Albro St. exit. Troopers contacted the victim at the Goodwill parking lot off the Dearborn exit and were able…
August 11, 2022
SIIR Press Release for Spokane County Deputy Involved Shooting
Update #21 August 10, 2022.
This is an update to the original press release put out by the Spokane Independent Investigative Response Team on March 15, 2022. SIIR is sending out this release as WAC 139 requires a weekly update. This Update is in…