SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane Police Guild has paid for 12 billboards around the city in an attempt to head off layoffs.
KXLY-TV reports the signs read, “Property Crime Is Up. Police Investigations Down” and “It’s Our Community. We Stand Ready to Protect and Serve.”
The city has asked the guild and other unions not to take pay increases this year and to pay more of their health costs. None of the unions have agreed to the concessions.
City spokeswoman Marlene Feist says the city was hoping for economic growth, but it didn’t happen.
