DEER PARK, Wash — A Spokane County Sheriff's deputy is recovering after being stabbed while responding to a welfare call in Deer Park Thursday night.
Thirty-two-year-old Gloria Endress appeared in court on Friday on charges of first and second-degree assault.
Court documents say Spokane Sheriff's deputies responded to North Dalton Road, where Endress was reportedly climbing fences and running through people's yards.
According to court documents and the sheriff's office, Endress refused to cooperate as deputies followed her to the intersection of Dalton and Wild Rose Road, where she was speaking with the driver of a white truck.
Court documents further say that deputies approached Endress at the intersection of Dalton and Wild Rose Road, where she pepper-sprayed and stabbed a deputy in the chest.
This incident is not the first instance of a local law enforcement officer getting injured during arrests this week.
"We have more of our officers and deputies being violently attacked in the last couple of years than we have ever before, and we have been very fortunate that we have not had an officer or a deputy killed in the last two years," Spokane County Sheriff John Nowles said.
On August 17, multiple Spokane Police Department officers suffered injuries while responding to two different calls attempting to arrest a suspect.
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Nowles said at least part of the trend comes from needing more training among law enforcement departments.
"I think from starting back in 2000 with this police reform, and we need to train police officers to better deescalate people," Nowles said. "I think it does a disservice to the fact that we are not investing in protecting the public from these people like we used to. We can only do so much as police officers. We're human. We can only do so much de-escalation with someone."
A bond is set for Endress at $250,000. An arraignment hearing is set for Wednesday, September 4, at 8:30 a.m. in Spokane Superior Court.