Independence city manager OK'd ex-police chief's renovation request for police HQ
Zach Walker told KMBC he was aware of work, but did not approve law enforcement member doing work with OT hours
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Zach Walker told KMBC he was aware of work, but did not approve law enforcement member doing work with OT hours
“Who authorized the special assignment?” assistant Independence city manager asked acting police chief
Dan Nelson of the Kansas City firm Spencer Fane LLP, the chief deputy prosecutor for Jackson County from 2016 until this year, has already started his investigation, the city says.
Dan Nelson will serve as Special Counsel to report back to the city manager about police use of overtime.
Five Independence Police Department officers logged hours of overtime doing construction projects for the department, which is now under investigation by a special counsel following allegations of overtime abuse.