KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Kansas City's police board on Tuesday announced it needed more time to name the city’s 47th police chief.
The decision to delay any announcement about a chief until Thursday at the earliest comes after community concerns about the process.
The board is considering three finalists, including acting KCPD Deputy Chief Stacey Graves, Philadelphia police inspector Deshawn Beaufort, and Scott Ebner, who recently retired from the New Jersey state police.
Three finalists announced in the search for Kansas City's next chief of police
Mayor Quinton Lucas said the board wants to speak with past commanders and former colleagues of all the candidates, adding that the community has raised important questions during the chief search process.
“I think it's important that we make sure all those are answered so that we can tell the people of Kansas City that we have the utmost confidence that our chief will be able to hit the ground running and starting the day that they're named,” he said Tuesday.
Community leader Pastor Darron Edwards was frustrated with Tuesday’s delay in naming a chief.
“We've waited six to eight months to go through the search process and the community is with baited-breath is waiting to know who the next top cop is going to be,” he said after the meeting.
Edwards said he applauded Mayor Quinton Lucas’s attempt at transparency during Tuesday’s public meeting to bring the vote about the next chief into the open. Edwards said it is important that...
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