Spokane police chief recruited for jobs

Published 10:46 am Thursday, October 8, 2009

SPOKANE — Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick has acknowledged that she is constantly recruited for other jobs, but is not actively pursuing work outside Spokane.

In an e-mail to her department, Kirkpatrick said she was recently asked to apply for police chief in San Francisco and did apply. But she didn’t get the job.

Kirkpatrick said that as one of the few women in charge of a large police department, she often is on lists of possible candidates for police chief openings.

Kirkpatrick has been chief in Spokane since 2006.

Information from: The Spokesman-Review, www.spokesman.com