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Incident: Detective Daniel Pue, an 11-year SAPD veteran, was arrested on January 7, 2019, for a domestic violence incident. He was accused of punching his ex-girlfriend in the face during an argument outside his home expressnews.com . Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies responded and jailed Pue on a family violence assault charge. The criminal case, however, […]
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Incident: Elizabeth Montoya, an SAPD officer, was captured on body-worn camera in July 2018 brutalizing a handcuffed pregnant woman during an arrest. Montoya was assisting in the arrest of 24-year-old Kimberly Esparza, who was six months pregnant, on a drug-related charge just west of downtown. While Esparza was handcuffed and being placed in a patrol […]
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Officer Eman Fondren Incident: Officer Eman Fondren, a four-year SAPD veteran, was caught in an embarrassing scandal of having sex on duty. In 2016, Fondren and a fellow officer carried out an ongoing sexual relationship while both were on the clock. The internal investigation began after Fondren’s then-wife provided 160 pages of explicit text messages […]
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Incident: In 2022, Officer Jonathan Reyes, a decorated 12-year SAPD SWAT officer, was accused of engaging in a sexual affair while on duty. An internal complaint and subsequent investigation found that on August 24, 2022, Reyes left his assigned post in the middle of a shift, drove to a hotel (an Embassy Suites across town), […]
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Incident: On March 9, 2020, Officer Oscar Cruz Jr. opened fire on an unarmed teenager who was running away from him in a West Side neighborhood. Body camera footage (revealed later during arbitration) showed Cruz chasing two teenage suspects (who were accused of trying car door handles). When one teen fled, Cruz shouted, “Stop running […]
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Incident: Officer Matthew Martin was caught on video during an April 2015 traffic stop apparently plotting to falsify evidence. Martin found marijuana on a driver and passenger and muted his body mic to confer with his partner. He then persuaded a detained woman to pull out hidden drugs and concocted a plan to report that […]
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Incident: In July 2018, veteran officer Timothy “Tim” Garcia repeatedly hurled a racial slur at a young Black man during an arrest downtown. Body-worn camera footage captured Garcia using the N-word multiple times and cursing at the suspect ksat.com . The blatant racism and unprofessional conduct led Chief McManus to issue an indefinite suspension. Garcia […]
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Incident: Matthew Belver developed a reputation for challenging detainees to fights and using excessive force. In a 2009 case, after arresting a DUI suspect, Belver allegedly told the handcuffed man, “if you can kick my a–, I will let you go,” then proceeded to beat the suspect who refused the fight ksat.com ksat.com . […]
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Incident: Lieutenant Lee Rakun has one of the most checkered histories on the force, with a lengthy disciplinary record spanning decades. His infractions include combative and insubordinate behavior and even violence. In 2005, he was first fired after allegedly striking two women at his home (domestic violence charges that were later dropped when the victims […]
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Incident: Michael Garza, an 10-year SAPD veteran once hailed as a top undercover officer, was involved in a fatal on-duty shooting in July 2012. Garza had been drinking alcohol while on duty and was not truthful with investigators afterward ksat.com . The shooting occurred outside the victim Alfred Aragon’s home after a complicated domestic dispute […]
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Adding this officer to the Benavides Police Department directory. Incident: Officer Matthew Luckhurst, a bike-patrol officer, gained notoriety for a 2016 incident in which he placed dog feces on bread and fed it to a homeless man as a “feces sandwich.” Luckhurst bragged about the act to a fellow officer and was given an […]
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Adding This officer here since The Floresville Police Department thought it was a brilliant idea to Hire his man, even if his employment was for just a short time. Incident: Officer Matthew Luckhurst, a bike-patrol officer, gained notoriety for a 2016 incident in which he placed dog feces on bread and fed it to […]
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Incident: Officer Matthew Luckhurst, a bike-patrol officer, gained notoriety for a 2016 incident in which he placed dog feces on bread and fed it to a homeless man as a “feces sandwich.” Luckhurst bragged about the act to a fellow officer and was given an indefinite suspension in October 2016 ksat.com . Just a month […]
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Incident: In May 2018, off-duty SAPD officer Justin Ayars assaulted his fiancée, Krista Cooper-Nurse, during a violent domestic dispute. The attack left Cooper-Nurse with shattered orbital and sinus bones and other injuries ksat.com . Ayars was later accused of beating her with a rock after a night out, according to internal records and body-cam footage […]
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Luigi Mangione’s legal team alleges that Pennsylvania police unlawfully collected his DNA by providing him with food and soda during his detention following an arrest at a McDonald’s on December 9th. They contend that the arrest lacked probable cause, as officers did not read Mangione his rights nor inform him he was a suspect for […]
