Cheney police officer and dispatcher of the year

CHENEY – Police department elects its 2022 officer and dispatcher of the year.

Officer Cheyanne Walters, 26, has been selected by her peers as the department’s officer of the year. Kate Faibanks, 30, has been selected as the department’s award recipient and has been promoted to lead dispatcher.

Walters started at the Cheney PD in 2020, and has worked in many different capacities since that time.

Police Chief Rick Bechtel said “She’s the one who established our Facebook page, and she follows up with our domestic violence team; she contacts the victims and advises them on next steps in the legal...