County sets up shop in vacant MLPD office

By CARA LORELLO

Staff Reporter

A few vacant offices inside Medical Lake Police Department will be reserved for two detectives from Spokane County Sheriff's Office to conduct business in the West Plains, officials announced at last week's City Council meeting.

The arrangement, City Administrator Doug Ross said, came after SCSO sent requests to the city asking if they had space available.

“They've wanted to physically locate out here for some time,” Ross said of SCSO. The arrangement, he explained further, is also “totally separate” from Medical Lake's ongoing talks with the Sheriff's Office abo...