Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking joined the KSNT 27 News Morning show to speak about the newest pay structure that was recently approved by commission. Cocking said that the change came about as a daunting realization hit the city. “Last August, especially in public safety with our police and fire department, we realized we had a real problem,” Cocking said. “We have 41 police officers authorized and we were down to 33 police officers in the department.” He said the situation with the fire department was not much different. “…53 firefighters authorized and I think we were hovering around 10 short there,” Cocking said.
Source: KSNT 27 News
