Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves is calling for “drastic” cuts to the department as a result of the budget imbalance, according to an internal police memo.
The memo, reviewed by The Star, comes just days after a closed-door vote by the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners that bumped Graves’ annual salary from $255,000 to $275,000.
“Effective immediately, all overtime not critical to basic operations is suspended,” the memo reads. “Any overtime that is necessary and results from on-call or extenuating circumstances must first be approved by their commander, manager or designee.”…