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District
4 Detachments
District 4 is situated in northeast Washington and serves Adams, Ferry,
Lincoln, Pend Orielle, Spokane, Stevens, and Whitman counties. The combined
population of the seven counties is over 544,000 citizens. The district has the obligation of providing professional traffic law enforcement and assistance to the public on approximately 1,700 miles of state and interstate highways. We also work closely with all local law enforcement agencies to provide additional law enforcement support. The District 4 headquarters is located in Spokane (pictured below) with detachments located in Colfax, Colville, Ritzville, and Spokane. A full-service crime laboratory is also located in Spokane. 
Select a link below for more information on each detachment. Colfax Detachment Comprising of 2,151 square miles, Whitman County ranks 10th in size among Washington counties. The county is situated in the southeast region of Washington along the Washington-Idaho border.  Along the southern border lies the Snake River Canyon that cuts a 2,000-foot
deep swath through the Palouse Hills. The rich, dark soil covering the
rolling-hills is where much of the nation's finest wheat and legumes are
produced. The county is also home to Washington State University's main campus, located in Pullman. Several small but expanding high-tech firms are diversifying Pullman's economy. The 620-acre campus features modern classrooms and laboratories, libraries, and museums, student residences, recreational and athletic facilities, a student union, and a community hospital. Colville Detachment The Colville Detachment covers the entire Ferry and Stevens County area. Ferry County is bordered on the south and east by the Columbia River and by Canada to the north. Its county seat is Republic, the only significant community in the county, which was incorporated in 1900 and named after the Republic gold mine. 
For decades the town was one of the nation's largest gold producers and
two active gold mines remain in operation, but now the community is also
supported by agriculture, lumber, and outdoor recreation. Stevens County is bordered by the Spokane River on the south and the Columbia River to the west. The county seat is Colville with Kettle Falls just to the north. The falls, for which the town of Kettle Falls was named, were lost when the Grand Coulee Dam backed up the Columbia River and created Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake. Ritzville Detachment The Spokane detachments cover Pend Oreille, Spokane and part of Lincoln counties. A combination of sprawling lumber, mining, and farming communities comprise the entire area of Pend Oreille and North Spokane Counties of northeastern Washington. Pend Oreille County was the last county to be created in 
Washington State on November 11, 1911. In that year, Pend Oreille was
separated from its parent county, Stevens. Newport is the county seat
and is located on the Washington/Idaho state line. The population of Pend
Oreille County was 6,025 in 1970, estimated to be 11,526 in 1998. The
name Pend Oreille is said to have come from a French trapper’s description
of the dangling earring pendants worn by a local Indian tribe. Spokane County is the center of the "Inland Empire." It includes parts of the Spokane Valley plains, Okanogan, Selkirk Highlands, and Palouse Hills of Eastern Washington. Spokane is the seat of Spokane County. 
It is located on the Spokane River and is crossed by Interstate 90. Today
Spokane, population 195,629, is the major urban center of the Inland Northwest.
Fairchild Air Force Base is one of the city's largest employers. Gonzaga
University calls Spokane home. Points of interest include Riverside State
Park, the site of Spokane House; Cheney Cowles Museum, housing exhibits
on Eastern Washington history; and the Museum of Native American Cultures.
is available on our District Contacts and Resources page.
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The Ritzville detachment covers Adams County and parts of Lincoln County.
Adams County is largely an agricultural county in Eastern Washington.
Apart from Interstate 90, which passes near the county seat of Ritzville,
the county's road system is characterized by a north-south and east-west
grid pattern following section lines. Glacial floods formed a series
of waterfalls along the Palouse River before it entered the Snake River.
Palouse Falls is the only one left and is located in Franklin County
to the south. The falls have a height of 198 feet and are most spectacular
in the spring and early summer.
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