WA state accuses physician assistant of failing to properly treat Eastern WA inmates
A physician assistant has permanently surrendered his license to practice in the state of Washington after being accused of failing to provide adequate care to prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Richard T. Oliver was accused of failing to evaluate and treat potentially life-threatening illnesses, such as malignant melanoma. He also failed to completely assess or follow up on the management of chronic medical illnesses, such as diabetes, according to allegations in state documents. Continue reading at The Olympian. (Bob Brawdy)
Washington’s fentanyl-sniffing dogs: The newest tool in the fight against opioids
In a prison north of Olympia, a deaf, all-white pit bull mix named Ghost searches visitors for drugs. Ghost is one of just a handful of working K-9s in Washington who can sniff out fentanyl. Like many of these dogs in the state, he was trained by the Department of Corrections. The agency only keeps eight dogs for its prisons but trains around 12 a year, many of whom go to local courts, jails and law enforcement agencies. Usually, only K-9s assigned to prisons are trained to detect fentanyl, but that’s about to change due to bipartisan state legislation passed this year that will allow Washington to create a model program for training and certifying dogs to detect fentanyl. Continue reading at The WA State Standard. (Grace Deng)
Facts vs. Perception: Nationally and in Spokane, violent crime is down
Across the U.S., major cities are seeing a 6% decrease in violent crime compared to last year as the ‘COVID-era’ crime-wave subsides. Locally, Spokane’s preliminary citywide crime report, also known as a Compstat report, showed violent crime is down over 6% and property crime is down over 16% so far this year. According to the crime report, ‘violent’ crime includes: criminal homicide, rape, robbery, and assault. Continue reading at KXLY. (Pexels)
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