Ericka Rose is Airway Heights Police Department's newest officer

There's a new officer in Airway Heights and her name is Ericka Rose.

Staff, public safety personnel and family filled the City Council chambers as Rose was sworn into the Airway Heights Police Department during a ceremony, May 20.

"The feeling is surreal," Rose said after she received her badge. "I'm still waiting to wake up from this dream."

For Rose, who was born and raised in Spokane, becoming a police officer was her dream since she was a child.

"When I was a kid and we'd play 'cops and robbers,' I never wanted to be the bad guy," Rose said. "I would always see law enforcement in the commu...