Dawn Sherman and Gary Adams were both clad in winter coats and beanies, trying to keep warm in Tuesday’s frigid autumn air.

Adams smiled at Cat Horton, a Spokane Valley Homeless Outreach Officer making a routine trip to Spokane Valley Partners. Horton immediately asked Adams how he was doing.

“Good,” Adams said, then asked Horton if she had any gloves in her truck.

With a quick tug, Horton’s trunk opened and revealed two drawers, full of supplies.

Horton spends her shifts driving around in a big Ford truck loaded up with sleeping bags, canned foods, gloves, shoes, hats and other items she hands out to homeless people in the Valley.

It’s all a part of a program Spokane Valley Police Chief Dave Ellis created: the co-deployment model. Horton approaches homeless folks with a big smile, he

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