JAVIER SALAZAR

'My job is chasing predators, rapists and human traffickers, not someone exercising a right,' he said.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar took to social media to blast the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Sheriff Salazar expects deputy overtime pay to go several million dollars over budget this fiscal year due to staff shortages.

The sheriff's office is close to exceeding its overtime budget.

The family was preparing to celebrate an older brother's birthday.

Weeks following the deadly mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, investigators continue to unpack the events of that tragic day.

A man accused of forcing his way into a woman’s home and sexually assaulting her in late April is now in custody after a DNA test linked him to the crime, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting a hiring fair on Saturday.

Sheriff Javier Salazar says the inmate was "talking gibberish"

An inmate at the Bexar County Jail was caught in a closet, wearing a deputy’s uniform in what appeared to be an escape attempt, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.

Leaders in Bexar County are focusing on preventing gun deaths, and they hope more money for resources will help.

A man was arrested after a woman escaped a South Bexar County home and said she was kidnapped and beaten over the course of several days, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff says a special session needs to be called now.

The DA will begin destroying guns used in crimes and prioritize charges against people who have gear to convert firearms into automatic weapons.

Bexar County leaders on Friday held a press conference to demand action on gun violence following the mass shooting in Uvalde at Robb Elementary that killed 19 students and two teachers.

A probation officer was arrested after attempting to smuggle marijuana into the Bexar County Jail, Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a press conference Sunday afternoon.

At least two people have been arrested after a video showed several car burglars carrying what appeared to be AK-style rifles in a Northwest Bexar County neighborhood, authorities said.

The Columbine High School shooting 23 years ago changed how law enforcement officers respond to an active shooter. The guidelines are similar across law enforcement agencies -- make entry and stop the killing.

A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office detention deputy has been arrested after he allegedly attacked an inmate and punched him in the face.

The scene in Uvalde following a mass shooting at an elementary school is still being processed and is requiring a lot of resources, including those from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

Danielle and Paul Kinsey are in custody, each facing four counts of endangering four children with horrendous living conditions at an apartment on the Northeast Side, according to the Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.

Sheriff's deputies thought they would find a dead body

He was wearing a ski mask, tactical gear, and carrying a handgun

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said the accused robber appeared to have specifically targeted the victims.

A man accused of impersonating a San Antonio police officer to get inside a West Bexar County home and rob the homeowners is in custody.

The indictments come three years after initial arrest

A former Bexar County deputy who was initially arrested in 2019 was recently indicted on drug possession and bribery charges, Sheriff Javier Salazar announced on Thursday.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office will pay tribute to fallen deputies with a ceremony on Thursday morning.

Bexar County sheriff's deputies conducted a bust on what they say was an illegal gambling operation. They seized eight-liner machines, cash and weapons.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people after deputies busted a South Side gambling parlor that they believe was in operation for a decade.

The victim was reportedly left on the road side for hours.

Uriah David Huffman, 24, and Darryl Christopher King, 36, are charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The assistant principal says the student hit her as well.

An area elementary school vice principal is in custody and charged with assault after she “lost control” and attacked a 5-year-old student in her office, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.

3:30 p.m. Update:

He was left tied up and alone to die, deputies said.

Deputies are investigating what appears to be a “heinous murder attempt” after a man was found tied up and critically injured on the side of a road in East Bexar County, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.

Sheriff Javier Salazar said there is precedent for taking a family's wishes into account on releasing video, and he plans to keep that within BCSO policy.

A Bexar County dispatcher received high praise from the sheriff for the part she played during a tense murder-suicide call late last month.

A 22-year-old man is in custody after barricading himself from sheriff’s deputies for several hours inside of a home in a far West Side neighborhood, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.

A man and woman who died in a murder-suicide at a Northeast Bexar Count home earlier this week have been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.

A suspect is dead and a deputy is wounded after a shooting on the far West Side on Tuesday afternoon, according to Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.

After a controversy that involved a coffee company, sexist slurs and a charitable foundation, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office is getting a boat.

The deputy faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.

A woman and man are dead, and a baby is safe in Child Protective Services custody after a murder-suicide in west Bexar County, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.

Three new billboards in Bexar County are calling out the Sheriff’s office, stating the department is understaffed.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar says his department is feeling an increase in violence countywide, and the issue is connected to stolen guns. Meanwhile, at University Hospital, the number of patients with gun-related injuries since 2019 has nearly doubled.

Nine people are in custody and several others are detained following a human smuggling operation at a home in southwest Bexar County, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.

Drug busts continue to be a big focus for the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. So far this year, more than $1 million worth of narcotics have been taken off the streets by BCSO and its partner agencies.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office raided a South Side gambling operation that was listed as an auto repair business, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.

Sheriff's office also given 60 days to prepare for compliance with 10-day deadline to release footage from deputies in certain incidents.

With commissioners poised Tuesday to approve a bundle deal including upgraded body camera technology, Salazar promised to implement the 10-day policy.

Bexar County commissioners are set to vote on a funding increase when it comes to BCSO's body worn camera contract with Axon.

A group of undocumented immigrants were found locked inside a van Tuesday in southwest Bexar County.

Sheriff Javier Salazar says nerves are high inside the Bexar County Jail following the deadly attack of an inmate at the hands of his cell mates over the weekend.

The commission set a date for the runoff election that will decide who will be the next city commissioner for District 4.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said he won’t be able to meet the 10-day deadline set by county commissioners yet when it comes to releasing body camera video.

Still too many inmates and not enough jail deputies, Salazar says.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is on pace to go over budget on jail overtime, though Sheriff Javier Salazar hopes a new union contract could help slow things down.

A major change was announced Monday for the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office as part of the collective bargaining agreement -- no more arbitration, and the deputy discipline and appeals process is changing significantly.

The Bexar County deputy sheriff's union has voted to approve a new labor contract to replace one that expired in 2020.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office arrested one woman on animal cruelty charges Monday after a TikTok video led them to discover lemurs at her home.

Two people are in custody Friday after the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office raided an East Side home and found four kilograms of heroin and two kilograms of cocaine, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.

Early voting in the McAllen special election for city commissioner District 4 wrapped up Tuesday with limited turnout ahead of Election Day on Saturday.

Early voting continues Monday in the special election for the District 4 McAllen City Commission post, a race that has seen a small turnout so far. Three candidates are in the running to be the next city commissioner for District 4, an area on the south side of the city. Though having resigned, Ramirez is continuing to serve on the city commission until a replacement is elected. So far, from Jan. 5 through Jan. 13, a total of 252 people cast a ballot during the early voting period. Early voting in the District 4 race will continue Monday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

People began lining up early Monday for a chance to get COVID-19 vaccines and tests, courtesy of the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.

Hoping to be the next McAllen city commissioner for District 4, three candidates answered questions about how they would serve their community as part of a candidate forum on Tuesday.

Another election is upon McAllen citizens this week with the start of early voting on Wednesday for the special election that will name a new city commissioner for district 4. Three candidates are running to replace City Commissioner Tania Ramirez who resigned from her seat to run for Hidalgo County judge. Rodolfo “Rudy” Castillo, a business owner who owns thrift stores in south McAllen, says he wants to bring about change in his community. “We have asbolutely no leadership in the city of McAllen,” he said in a video posted on his Facebook page. The early voting locations include:Firemans Pump House at 201 N. 1st St.Palm View Community Center at 3401 Jordan Ave.Lark Community Center at 2601 Lark Ave.

Instagram / universityhealthsaAs San Antonians look ahead to the new year, University Health and local officials want to make sure residents stay safe in the midst of a COVID-19 surge. Dr. Bryan Alsip of University Health was joined by Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, Sheriff Javier Salazar, and Mayor Ron Nirenberg during a Friday press conference dedicated to concerns of the extremely-transmissible omicron variant. Local leaders are asking that San Antonio residents do their part to protect themselves and others against the coronavirus, particularly to avoid a crisis in the city’s health care system. Given that the reminder comes on New Year’s Eve, officials are asking residents to pass on the usual New Year’s Eve parties and other celebratory events.

With New Year’s Eve approaching, law enforcement agencies are preparing to combat drunk driving. They’re concerned about a potential increase in alcohol-related crashes over 2020.

The lieutenant says she didn't go inside the Capitol on January 6 and that she wasn't part of the siege, but praised the day on social media.

An arbitrator has upheld the termination of a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant, nearly a year after she posted multiple photographs on Facebook showing her near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as a protest erupted into a deadly riot, agency officials confirmed to the KSAT 12 Defenders.

The teen went to Southwest High School.

Damien Daniels, an Army veteran, was fatally shot last year by a Bexar County Sheriff's deputy during a mental health call.

Bexar County commissioners adopted a new body camera policy Tuesday requiring the sheriff's office to release certain videos within 10 days.

Vehicle thefts rose 17 percent and car break-ins increased 6 percent during the first 10...

About 500 inmates have taken advantage of the Bexar County Sheriff's offer of $100 in commissary goods in exchange for getting the jab.

So far, about 1,200 inmates have signed up for a shot.

Trick-or-treaters, take note.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar and Commissioner Trish DeBerry had a heated discussion over the hiring of two separate jail consultants.

DeBerry says the sheriff thumbed his nose at the county.

Bexar County commissioners will discuss hiring a jail consultant at their Tuesday meeting. Sheriff Javier Salazar has already hired his own.

People incarcerated at the Bexar County jail can now receive a commissary goods package worth $100 if they get the coronavirus vaccine.

ST. HEDWIG, Texas (AP) — A flash flood from the remnants of Hurricane Pamela swept a woman and a young girl to their deaths in a Texas creek as they were heading to a school and officials worked Friday to recover the woman's body, authorities said.

A 5-year-old girl and a woman were missing in eastern Bexar County after floodwaters carried away the cars they were traveling in Thursday.

San Antonians joined protesters in hundreds of cities across the country for the nationwide "Bans Off Our Bodies" march.

Commissioners split on a new property tax rate that will save the average homeowner $4 a year. They vote on the new rate and 2022 budget Tuesday.

“This case is bar none the worst case of neglect of an elderly person I’ve ever seen,” the sheriff said.

One commissioner took issue with Salazar's use of 'defund'.

The county's proposed 2022 budget would eliminate 12 sheriff's deputy positions but add constables to take over the civil work they now do.

Signing bonuses of $2,000 are just the tip of Sheriff Salazar's push to recruit deputies at the jail, which faces chronic understaffing.

More than 100 people clapped and cheered when the faces of seven Texas House Democrats from Bexar County appeared on a Zoom call from Washington.

Sheriff Salazar says the jail's revolving door and inmate population fuel the large...

The $4.75 million in additional funding will allow the San Antonio Mobile Mental Health Collaborative to serve more Bexar County students.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has made good on its promise to fire a lieutenant who posted Facebook photos of herself near the U.S. Capitol...

Sheriff Javier Salazar's request to buy a rescue boat with money from the nonprofit he created in 2019 raises a question: how is that money overseen?