Today our guest is former City of Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl Topics covered include what it is like being an officer in Spokane, the separation of the City and County emergency dispatch system and what can we be doing now to address our issues in our downtown.

In today's episode we discuss many of the issues facing the City of Spokane: housing, scattered shelter strategy, fentanyl's impact and the brewing conflict between the City and County over emergency services dispatch.

Our first guest, Ben Stuckart, discusses Housing, Strong Mayor, a possible jail and even Ricky Henderson. 1 hour 5 minutes.