Spokane Sheriff's Office does a lot with a little

When it comes to the state of the county’s law enforcement, there’s good news and bad news.

The good news according to Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich is violent crime in unincorporated parts of the county has declined 56 percent and property crimes have dropped 8 percent. Knezovich said the department has been able to accomplish this by utilizing the Intelligence Led Policing Strategy — ILP in the acronym world.

ILP utilizes data to define crime hot spots, enabling law enforcement to better target their prevention resources. Knezovich told the Cheney Free Press editorial board the SCSO...