Unable to hire COVID manager, Wichita diverts grant to police anti-cheating software [The Wichita Eagle] Jan. 5—Despite strenuous objections from the mayor, the Wichita City Council is diverting COVID-19 grant funding from hiring a pandemic-control officer to acquiring software to make sure cops don’t cheat on their training. The software the city will lease with the U.S. Justice Department grant will track and catalog officers’ training online, a capability the department has sought for several years. In May, the council earmarked about $250,000 from the grant to hire an emergency mana...