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SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State University Spokane is helping train police officers for moments when lives are on the line.

SPOKANE, Wash. – An app to reduce the impact of fatigue on police officers and improve safety will be presented at a White House innovation conference Tuesday, Jan. 14, by Bryan Vila, Washington State University Spokane professor of criminal justice and criminology.

By Alyssa Patrick, College of Engineering and Architecture SPOKANE, Wash. – Crime prevention theories suggest that when a burglar decides to rob a house, he or she chooses a home that gives passers-by a poor view of entry points such as doors, windows and garages.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Scores of missteps as a soldier and cop in hazardous places have prepared Bryan Vila to make a career of studying deadly errors in his criminology lab at Washington State University Spokane. His free, public presentation, “Mistaken Adventures around the Globe,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, in Smith CUE 203 will […]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Local law enforcement officials are continuing to investigate and collect information on the Sunday, July 14, fire that destroyed four buildings under construction in the Grove apartment complex on Terre View Drive.   “The cause of the fire remains suspicious” and the investigation is ongoing, said Steve Hansen, assistant director, WSU Police Department.    Anyone with […]

The Latah County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a reported active shooter on Friday, Jan. 22, on Highway 8 between the small towns of Deary and Bovill, east of Moscow.   KREM-TV reported that “a n active shooter used a firearm to hit up to 20 vehicles over a three and a half hour period,” beginning about 1 p.m. Friday. […]

Depression and suicidal thoughts among police officers differ based on gender and work shift, according to a recent study co-authored by Bryan Vila, professor of criminal justice and member of the Sleep and Performance Research Center at WSU Spokane. Results appear in the October 2008 edition of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.   A […]

PULLMAN–Pullman Police Department officials are still trying to identify a suspect in an alleged assault that took place in a Pullman bar during the early morning of Saturday, Sept. 6. While several people witnessed the incident in Stubblefields Bar and have cooperated with police, no one has yet identified the suspect. The bouncers at Stubblefields […]

Pullman Police have released an artist rendition of a suspect wanted in connection with a rape that occurred early Sunday morning near the Valley Road area of the city.   Officers said a woman from the Tri Cities, who was in town for homecoming, was attempting to make her way back to her friend’s place […]

PULLMAN – Washington State University Police Chief Steve Hansen will step down from that position, which he has held since 2000 and become a lieutenant on the force. The announcement comes at the conclusion of a WSU internal auditor’s investigation into a complaint of improper computer use in the police department. According to the auditor’s […]