Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins refuted and clarified some of the issues broached by Washington State football coach Mike Leach, who on Tuesday, accused the Pullman police of unfairly targeting his players.
Leach said Tuesday after practice that he thought there had been a double standard in the way three assault incidents allegedly involving WSU football players over the last three months had been reported, and he alleged that police “comments to the media have distorted the facts and already condemned football players in the court of public opinion.”
In an interview with The Seattle Times Wednesday, Jenkins made it a point to say that he believes there has been “a lot of improvement in student-athlete conduct in the community” since Leach, men’s basketball coach Ernie Kent and athletic director Bill Moos took their current positions at WSU, but added that he disagreed with Leach’s most recent allegations.