Two probationary officers with the San Antonio Police Department have been fired after they were taken into SAPD custody in drunken incidents days apart, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
A police officer was arrested and charged with multiple felonies following three alleged “off-duty incidents” in 2024, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
Two San Antonio police officers have been suspended after investigators said they used excessive force on suspects in separate incidents earlier this year, discipline records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
A former San Antonio police officer accused last year of possessing child sex abuse images was arrested Wednesday on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child and continuous sex abuse of a child, arrest warrants obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
A San Antonio police lieutenant fired last year after an internal affairs investigation determined he altered discipline records in the Melissa Perez shooting case has now been criminally charged, court records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
An off-duty San Antonio police officer is charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) after he crashed into a home’s front yard earlier this month in west Bexar County.
An off-duty San Antonio police officer is under investigation for driving while intoxicated (DWI) after he crashed into a home’s front yard on Tuesday afternoon in west Bexar County, a blood draw warrant and Bexar County Sheriff’s Office incident report show.
A San Antonio police officer was fired in late June after fellow officers reported him for making a series of crass comments and undermining his sergeant during a single shift, city discipline records show.
Laurence Levi was handed the indefinite suspension June 10, less than three years after he had been reinstated to the department from two previous indefinite suspensions.
The decision not to discipline SAPD Officer Ausencio Mata came in late April after the case went before Chief William McManus’ Complaint and Administrative Review Board.
The San Antonio Police Department has suspended an officer who forced his way into a far West Side home and punched glass in the front door, city discipline records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
The San Antonio Police Department has fired an officer accused of repeatedly assaulting her SAPD boyfriend, city discipline records released this week show.
A Bexar County sheriff’s deputy was suspended for more than a week after using excessive force during a traffic stop, according to discipline records obtained by KSAT Investigates.
Officer Holvin Perez-Ortiz, a five-year veteran of SAPD, was given an indefinite suspension on April 10, city discipline records released on Wednesday show.
A San Antonio police officer served a five-day suspension this month after investigators said he used excessive force on a suspect accused of hitting a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy with a car, city discipline records show.
A San Antonio police officer was suspended 30 days in March after body-worn camera footage showed him using a knife to puncture bicycle and trailer tires at a Northwest Side homeless encampment.
A former San Antonio police officer accused of assaulting his girlfriend, a fellow officer, after looking through her phone, will not get his job back.
An outside arbitrator ruled a San Antonio police officer should be reinstated who, along with another member of the street crimes unit, forced his way into a home and repeatedly punched a man who had walked away from an attempted traffic stop.
A San Antonio police officer is serving a 45-day suspension after he was caught speeding dozens of times in a patrol unit, sometimes with suspects in the car, records show.
A San Antonio police officer is serving a 15-day suspension after body-worn camera footage showed him verbally abusing a man taken into custody on misdemeanor charges.
Three San Antonio police officers all faced contemplated indefinite suspensions after being accused of criminal wrongdoing in New Braunfels in separate incidents over an 11-month period. None of them, however, have ever faced criminal charges, an analysis by KSAT Investigates revealed.
A couple initially charged with marijuana possession in late January said San Antonio police officers used excessive force and wrongfully arrested them for possessing a legal THC product.
Body-worn camera footage played publicly for the first time Wednesday showed a San Antonio police officer firing twice at a then-teenager who was running away from him in a West Side neighborhood.
A San Antonio police officer was suspended in January and required to go to a rehabilitation facility after officers found him intoxicated to the point where he was “unfit to report for duty,” according to records released by the San Antonio Police Department.
A veteran San Antonio police officer served a five-day suspension this month after a man he failed to take into custody for unlawfully possessing a weapon was shot and killed 30 minutes later, city discipline records show.
A man, who was handcuffed and detained inside his Southeast Side home last year after San Antonio police showed up at the wrong address, has filed a lawsuit against the officers and SAPD, court records show.
A San Antonio police detective who was credited with breaking up a violent burglary and car theft ring last summer was fired months later, after investigators said he struck two teenagers during their arrests.
A former San Antonio police officer who resigned months after being arrested in connection to a 2021 drunk driving hit-and-run case has again been charged with DWI, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
A former San Antonio Police Department officer fired after investigators said he kneeled on a suspect’s neck during a 2019 disturbance call has been reinstated to the department, KSAT Investigates confirmed on Friday.
Bexar County’s two largest law enforcement agencies saw the number of criminal charges filed against their members decline for a third consecutive year in 2024.
A San Antonio police officer with a long, documented history of policy violations was suspended again last month, city discipline records show.
San Antonio police suspended an officer for five days for using department records while working off-duty, according to records obtained by KSAT Investigates.
Former San Antonio police officer Philip Ortiz Jr. was handed an indefinite suspension — tantamount to a firing — after he was arrested on Nov. 7, 2021, for a misdemeanor assault charge.
A San Antonio police officer was handed a 114-day suspension this fall after taking part in an unauthorized pursuit earlier this year that ended in a crash, city discipline records show.
A veteran San Antonio police officer was handed a 30-day suspension this fall after multiple acts of misconduct during a citizen ride-along earlier this year.
Two San Antonio police officers were suspended this fall after separate use of force incidents against suspects, SAPD discipline records show.
A San Antonio Police Department officer was suspended 30 days after she was accused in March of causing a drunken disturbance at a real estate awards show where she had been hired to perform as a DJ.
A San Antonio police officer is serving a 45-day suspension for making a false police report about his car being stolen and accessing police resources for personal use, according to suspension records.
A San Antonio officer was suspended for 45 days for disregarding his sergeant’s orders and failing to respond to a fire, according to department suspension records.
A San Antonio police officer fired over a 2019 use of force case has won back his job, after a third-party arbitrator ruled Thursday that Chief William McManus appeared to not have a strong command of all the facts of the case when he testified at the hearing last summer.
A former San Antonio police officer who pleaded no contest in a public corruption case last year has been hired as the public safety director of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
Thomas Villarreal is trying to overturn his firing over a January 2020 incident in which he and another former SAPD officer forced their way through a door and repeatedly punched a man who walked away from a traffic stop. His attorney says Villarreal was "scapegoated."
A San Antonio police officer who showed up the wrong address and later tripped a man while trying to detain him has been suspended 10 days, city discipline records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
A San Antonio police officer was suspended 45 days last month after an internal investigation determined he threw a woman on the ground and pinned her down for 10 minutes during a domestic dispute earlier this year.
Two San Antonio police officers were suspended for violating the department’s pursuit policy, according to records.
A downtown hotel’s staff called authorities to report an off-duty San Antonio police lieutenant “completely wasted” in the lobby, according to suspension records.
A San Antonio police officer was suspended for 12 days after punching a DWI suspect during a blood draw several times, according to SAPD’s suspension records.
Officer Christopher J. Sanchez, a six-year veteran of SAPD, was originally served this summer with a contemplated 30-day suspension.
The San Antonio Police Department has fired an officer for failing to pat down a teenager who shot and killed himself in the Bexar County Jail earlier this year.
A San Antonio police detective has been suspended 30 days after an internal affairs investigation determined he called law enforcement under false pretenses and sent messages to his former girlfriend that included one stating she should do herself a favor and kill herself, city discipline records show.
An officer assigned to the executive protection detail of San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus sent sexually explicit text messages to a woman while on the clock, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
Officer Jeremias Duque Jr. was handed a second suspension late last month, and will serve it if his previous indefinite suspension is overturned, an SAPD official confirmed to KSAT.
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.
Years after he was hired by the San Antonio Police Department, an officer has been terminated for failing to disclose that he was the subject of an injury to a child investigation.
A San Antonio police lieutenant fired last year for leaving his shift early the night officers shot and killed a woman inside her Southwest Side apartment, has received a second indefinite suspension for altering discipline files tied to the case, records confirm.
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.
A veteran San Antonio police officer was fired last month after an internal affairs investigation determined he was untruthful about a crash while on duty, city discipline records show.
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.
A supervisor in the San Antonio Police Department’s communications unit was arrested Monday, nearly two months after being indicted for felony indecency with a child, court records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
Detective Steven Rivas was involved in the incidents of inappropriate conduct in a six-day period last fall, the records show.
A San Antonio police officer arrested last month on a possession of child pornography charge admitted to performing sex acts with children as young as three years old, discipline records obtained this week by KSAT Investigates show.
A veteran San Antonio police officer was suspended 76 days and signed a last chance agreement to stay with the department after multiple rules violations including telling an SAPD intern that he repeatedly had sex on duty with the victim of a domestic violence call he previously responded to, city records show.
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.
A San Antonio police officer was fired late last year, months after records showed he groped a woman and damaged a home in New Braunfels while intoxicated.
A San Antonio police officer has been suspended 45 days after an internal affairs investigation found she was driving 100 mph just before crashing into a vehicle driven by another officer, city discipline records show.
Officers Michael Garcia and Stephanie Cherry were served with the suspensions in November, for rules violations including neglect of duty, failing to obey a lawful order and for failing to make a prompt response to calls, records show.
In 2023, 22 people were hit by bullets fired by San Antonio police — 14 of them died, according to data obtained from SAPD by KSAT.
Officer Joe Castaneda is tentatively scheduled to go to trial Jan. 12 in 144th District Court. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison.
Officer Robert Pompa Jr. suspended 3 days for conduct and behavior violation; no arrests following late May incident with 66-year-old
In 2023, nine SAPD officers and nine BCSO deputies were arrested. The charges range from driving under the influence to murder.
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.
It's rare for a law enforcement officer to be charged with murder in Bexar County. Attorneys say it's a challenge to try those cases.
Three San Antonio Police Department officers were indicted by a grand jury Thursday, nearly six months after the shooting death of a 46-year-old woman inside her Southwest Side apartment.
Officer Andre Vargas was terminated in June 2020 after SAPD internal affairs investigators determined he violated department rules covering conduct and behavior, treatment of prisoners and use of force.
A former San Antonio police officer accused of beating a man after kicking in the door of his East Side home has been reindicted on a lesser charge of assault while a fellow officer involved in the case has had his charge dismissed, court records obtained Thursday by KSAT Investigates show.
A San Antonio police officer was suspended 30 days without pay late last month after an internal affairs investigation determined he went shopping while on duty and visited his home three separate times while assigned to calls for service, discipline records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
Leroy Medlin, 37, was indicted along with three other men in Howard County on second-degree felony charges of engaging in organized criminal activity, court records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
A San Antonio police officer is currently serving a 30-day suspension after he allowed a man wanted on a felony DWI warrant to leave a crash scene despite him showing signs of intoxication, discipline records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
A veteran San Antonio police sergeant served a 15-day suspension last month after his own body-worn camera captured footage of him calling a motorist a “wife-beater” during a traffic stop, SAPD discipline records show.
Officer John Paul McDonald was suspended for feigning injury or illness and for violating restrictions on activities while sick.
A veteran San Antonio police officer has been suspended after calling 911 and telling dispatchers a woman inside his home was going to kill him, prompting a large law enforcement response that ended with Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies instead determining that the off-duty officer was drunk.
A San Antonio Police Department officer accused of injuring a woman in a 2022 assault incident in Schertz was suspended 30 days but will not face criminal charges, officials confirmed.
Two of the three San Antonio Police Department officers who were charged with murder last month have multiple past suspensions, records obtained by KSAT show.
An attorney for a San Antonio police officer fired in 2020 after being accused of injuring a suspect and using profane language during the man’s arrest repeatedly criticized the internal affairs investigation that lead to his client’s termination.
Arbitration began Tuesday for a fired San Antonio police officer accused of injuring a suspect and using vulgar language during the man’s arrest nearly four years ago.
A five-year veteran of the San Antonio Police Department was given a 45-day suspension after he cussed out his neighbor during an argument to which officers responded. He then failed to identify himself to the police or to self-report the incident.
The San Antonio Police Department fired an officer accused of trying to chase down his stolen vehicle and shooting toward the suspect while he was off duty, according to suspension paperwork.
An officer with SAPD faced a 30-day suspension for his off-duty actions during a burglary investigation, police records show.
An 11-year veteran of the San Antonio Police Department has been given a 30-day unpaid suspension after repeatedly punching a female suspect in the face after she was already on the ground, records reveal.
Officer Misty Floyd was terminated on April 13, discipline paperwork released by city officials this week confirms.
Miguel A. Montalvo accused of asking for false military duty letter, sending inappropriate texts to USMC sergeant
A San Antonio police officer has been fired months after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman inside an apartment twice last year.
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A former San Antonio police officer who retired from the force after a long history of misconduct may soon face criminal charges after he allegedly hurt two family members and shot at a deputy in Sevielle County, Tennessee, officials confirmed Thursday.
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