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District 4 · Headquarters & 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 with detachments
located in Colfax, Colville, Ritzville, 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, was lost when the Grand Coulee Dam backed
up the Columbia River and created Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake.
Ritzville Detachment
 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.
Spokane Detachments
 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.
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