Mental health crisis center set to open
David Cole Hagadone News Network | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 1 month AGO
COEUR d’ALENE — Don Robinson spent more than 20 years in the FBI, so people sometimes ask how he became the manager of the upcoming Northern Idaho Crisis Center.
But his work in the FBI and now for the crisis center are not so different in one significant way.
While investigating crime for the FBI he also specialized in crisis hostage negotiation. And only 2 percent of the calls he and others in that field go out on actually involve a real hostage situation.
“The other 98 percent were crisis intervention,” said Robinson, who was an FBI supervisory agent in Coeur d’Alene from 2005 to 2012 before retiring from the FBI in August. He also worked in Moscow, Russia, before retiring.
Robinson spoke Thursday to the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans at Fedora Pub and Grille.
For the rest of the story, see the print edition of the Bonner County Daily Bee or subscribe to our e-edition.
ARTICLES BY DAVID COLE HAGADONE NEWS NETWORK
County wages in Idaho gain ground in 2014
COEUR d’ALENE — Personal income in 2013 in the five North Idaho counties rose approximately 1-3 percent compared with the previous year, according to numbers released Monday by the Idaho Department of Labor.
Violent crimes in Idaho decrease last year
COEUR d’ALENE — The number of violent crime offenses in Idaho decreased more than 10 percent last year compared with the year earlier, according to a state report released Friday.
Wolf shooter rejects plea deal
COEUR d’ALENE — The man who shot a wolf on Rathdrum Mountain turned down a plea deal offered by Kootenai County prosecutors that would have had him pay a $200 fine in exchange for a guilty plea.