โI got a backhoe and a lot of landโ: SAPD detective suspended for pulling gun, threatening girlfriend and another man
A veteran San Antonio Police Department detective has been suspended 15 days after sending threatening text messages to his girlfriend and then pulling out a gun outside of a Helotes dance hall last fall, discipline paperwork obtained by KSAT Investigates shows.
SAPD fires officer accused of taking guns, ammo from councilmanโs gun buyback event
The San Antonio Police Department has fired an officer accused of taking weapons and ammunition during a city councilman-sponsored gun buyback event outside the Alamodome late last year, discipline records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
Man handcuffed, detained in own home after SAPD officers showed up at the wrong address
San Antonio police officers searching for a domestic violence suspect instead detained a different man inside his Southeast Side home after the officers showed up at the wrong address, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
Activists participate in โread-inโ at Central Library in protest of SAPD officer pilot program
In the Central Library, the most powerful tools in the building are words.Activists sat silently inside on Saturday reading books, hoping the messages pinned to their backs were being heard loud and clear.
โYou canโt argue with the numbersโ: SAPD say โhot spotโ policing strategy helped level off violent crime
The San Antonio Police Department and criminologists with the University of Texas at San Antonio say a new โhot spotโ policing strategy has helped fight violent crime in the Alamo City.
Man chases car burglar, fires gunshot at getaway vehicle shattering passenger-side window, SAPD says
A man who saw someone breaking into his sisterโs vehicle chased after him and fired a single gunshot at a South Side apartment complex early Monday morning, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
Thieves halt nonprofitโs plans to honor fallen first responders after breaking into truck
The nonprofit Saving a Heroโs Place honors fallen first responders and is in town to do just that for the San Antonio Police Department. Instead, SAPD is now helping the organization because its work truck with supplies was broken into.
SAPD body-worn camera video shows officers failed to pat down teen who killed himself inside Bexar County Jail
Newly released body-worn camera video shows multiple San Antonio Police Department officers failed to thoroughly search a teen who killed himself while being booked into the Bexar County jail earlier this month.
SAPD, NISD deny requests to release names 3 months after district officer shot woman at football game
On Oct. 28, a woman was shot in the arm by a Northside ISD officer after becoming aggressive and driving her vehicle toward him in a โthreatening manner,โ school district officials said. Three months later, both her and the officer's identities are not public.
SAPD lieutenant fired, sergeant suspended for leaving shifts early the night Melissa Perez was shot, killed
An SAPD lieutenant has been terminated and a sergeant has been suspended seven days after each of them left their assigned shifts early the night Melissa Perez was shot and killed inside her Southwest Side apartment, discipline records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
NEW VIDEO: SAPD releases footage showing persons of interest in shooting deaths of Savanah Soto, Matthew Guerra
The San Antonio Police Department released a new video Thursday afternoon showing persons of interest in the shooting deaths of Savanah Soto and Matthew Guerra, whose bodies were found in Guerraโs car parked at an apartment complex in the 5900 block of Danny Kaye on Tuesday afternoon.
McManus defends SAPDโs handling of sex-on-duty allegations against officers
A decorated San Antonio Police Department SWAT officer served a five-day suspension this fall after an internal affairs investigation showed he left work in the middle of his shift and spent close to three hours at a Southeast Side hotel.