I agree, we could have chose a person within the dept to serve and save the money. I do understand he did not want to pick someone within the dept due to that person possibly not being chosen as the perminent chief. But, why spend 40K on Burks & 50K for SPI to try and find an outside source. The Mayor has said several times that he would like to promote within, someone who has louisville ties. Why are we paying SPI 50K to find an outside source. Mr. Burks never was a sworn police officer, so this