City sets salary range for future police chief

Grand Coulee will offer a new police chief a starting salary range from $95,000 to $110,000 a year.

That was decided at the Nov. 21 city council meeting to prepare for the coming retirement of Chief John Tufts, who is currently paid a salary of about $127,200 per year, the mayor said.

That outpaces salaries for chiefs in many other cities of similar size in Washington, according to Councilmember A...