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San Antonio Police Department, SAPD

LEO Recruiting Efforts Prove to be Difficult

Police officer recruitment efforts are a tedious task. Now more than ever, recruiting, selecting, and retaining police officers is incredibly difficult. To boost recruitment efforts, The San Antonio Police Officers’ Association recently visited Austin, Texas to spread awareness on the lack of law enforcement officers in San Antonio. The San Antonio Police Department needs at […]

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SAPD

Police Chief Violations – Update #4

The last 5 of 20 SAPD General Manual policies violated by Police Chief William McManus on Dec. 23, 2017 when he released twelve undocumented immigrants into the City of San Antonio without properly and thoroughly identifying them. (Story here). The Chief and City Manager Sheryl Sculley say his actions were proper. ICE disagrees: “I would say it’s […]

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SAPD

Police Chief Violations – Update #3

Four more SAPD General Manual policies violated by Police Chief William McManus on Dec. 23, 2017 when he released twelve undocumented immigrants into the City of San Antonio without properly and thoroughly identifying them. (Story here). City Manager Sheryl Sculley – the only official with authority to investigate – has said his actions were proper, but she’s […]

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SAPD

Police Chief Violations – Update #2

Seven more SAPD General Manual policies violated by Police Chief William McManus on Dec. 23, 2017 when he released twelve undocumented immigrants into the City of San Antonio without properly and thoroughly identifying them. (Story here). City Manager Sheryl Sculley – the only city official with authority to investigate the chief – has said his actions were […]

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San Antonio Police Department, SAPD

Police Chief Violations – Update #1

Over the next several days, SAPOA will be listing every policy in the SAPD General Manual violated by Police Chief William McManus on December 23, 2017 when he released twelve undocumented immigrants into the City of San Antonio without properly and thoroughly identifying them. (Story here). City Manager Sheryl Sculley – the only city official with authority […]

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San Antonio Police Department

Chief McManus Still Under Investigation

The actions of Police Chief William McManus on December 23, 2017 are still under investigation by the Texas Attorney General. On that night, in possible violation of established procedures and State and Federal law pertaining to suspected human smuggling and trafficking cases, the Chief released twelve undocumented immigrants into the City of San Antonio without […]

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Police Officers

What We Stand For: Why the SAPOA Exists

What began as a way to look out for the pay and benefits of police officers and their families, police associations (also known as unions) have evolved to doing much more. The mission of police unions now includes a variety of responsibilities relevant to law enforcement and community service. Bringing awareness to key public safety […]

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News

Public Opinion Poll

Yesterday, behind closed doors, the majority of City Council gave a $75,000 bonus to City Manager, Sheryl Sculley and increased her salary by $20,000 bringing her total salary to $470,000. They did so without using any formal evaluation process or performance metrics, and despite a series of management failures and scandals on her watch, including […]

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Safety, SAPD

Statement From Mike Helle, January 5, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                               Contact: Mike Helle January 5, 2018                                                                      Email: pres@sapoa.org   Statement From Mike Helle, President, San Antonio Police Officers’ Association   San Antonio, TX – Mike Helle made the following statement regarding Police Chief William McManus’ decision to release twelve (12) undocumented immigrants who were found in the back of a semi […]

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