Half of the City Council wants the city to do a deep dive into police overtime expenses as the council mulls a hiring plan for the department.
District 4 Councilman Edward Mungia spearheaded the request for an audit of San Antonio Police Department overtime, which he and four others laid out in an April 13 letter to City Auditor Buddy Vargas.
“We believe an audit on SAPD overtime authorizations should be conducted regularly to ensure fiscal responsibility and most importantly the health and safety of our officers,” stated the letter from Mungia and council members Sukh Kaur, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Teri Castillo and Ric Galvan…