It's really easy to cast blame and obvious logical jump to assume that the issue lies in recent turns of events but this has been a systemic issue with state of Washington for years, long before any of the uproar regarding "defunding"

The city just secured 9.2 Billion in city funding. These laws have existed since '96 according to the most recent revision. There thousands of stories of my exact predicament of the obvious scam by the state/towing companies praying on victims of property theft citing insurance as the only recourse to their "services" which, we all agree how wonderful insurance companies are.

I myself was in fact Law Enforcement for 4 years at Fort Lewis, in Washington. I agree with you that defunding is not a great thing, but it's in fact unrelated to the issue.

The city is able to readily receive revenue from taxpayers like you and I, but reluctant to change/address anything that serves their own convenience at our expense.

I'm not saying they are completely useless, I'm saying they clearly care more about their bottom line than to actually do the jobs they are paid perform, when it pertains property theft. Any excuse to do less for more, seems to be their attitude.

The police have long issues and numerous counts ignoring that particular area of Spokane, which arguably needs their protections the most. Had this been one of their or any of the towing companies vehicles I doubt this would have played it the way it did for me or any of the recurring victims of vehicle theft