Critics Bemoan $20K Pay Hike For KCPD Chief Amid Budget Crisis

For what it's worth . . .

TKC TOLD YOU THAT CIVIC LEADERS & CRITICS WERE COMING AFTER THE CHIEF FOR HER CLAIMS OF POLICE POVERTY!!!

 The newspaper buried the most important part of a recent story that confirms our assertion and our post today is a better way to highlight the trending fact amid the local discourse . . . 

Here's the best summary from one of many critics as word of the cash contradiction takes hold . . . 

Check-it:

"The state-appointed KC police commission gives the chief a $20,000 raise at the same time she's saying the department budget is busted and cutbacks to its already poor services may occur, despite the fact cops are getting more money than ever from city taxpayers. Thank you Gov. Kehoe."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

A closed-door vote by the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners  bumped Graves’ annual salary from $255,000 to $275,000.