Welcome Jay,
Spokane isn't too bad, we have made a lot of progress over the past ten years or so. We have worked with the current police chief prior to him becoming chief so, unless he has forgotten, he is aware of the police training on oc. The current make-up of the city council is, to be polite, sh*t. Yes, we need to re-enforce our presence once in a while.
The biggest problem Spokane has is the west side. They have the people and are trying to nulify state preemption. This would fall right into Spokane city council thinking and it would be assured that they will outlaw OC.
So many issues, but Olympia and the state supreme court is where its at and I have not heard good things about the supreme court.
Let me know what you have in mind.