SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – Spokane Valley is set to significantly expand its public safety workforce with the introduction of new Proposition 1 funding. The focus of the recent city meeting was on how to effectively implement this funding and determine which positions to fill.

Mayor Pam Haley shared the city's timeline for the initiative. "We'll start collecting the money in January, and then we'll start with the hiring and training of ten new police officers and one shared officer," said Haley.

This initiative marks one of the city's largest public safety expansions in years. Haley emphasized the impact by stating, "Between last year, this year, and next, we'll have increased our police force by twenty percent. We're actually seeing people get pulled over for speeding, which is something t

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