Texting while driving makes a crash up to 23 times more likely. In 2015, the “Hands Free Ordinance” went into effect in San Antonio. This ordinance fines any driver using a hand-held device, like a cellphone. “It’s a pretty significant amount of people caught using their hand-held devices while driving,” said Sgt. Jesse Salame with […]
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Project Caring for Juniors (Project CJ) is a food assistance program that benefits students from low-income families who attend Title One elementary schools in San Antonio. The goal of Project CJ is to help ensure that children have healthy snacks and enough food options during their time away from school, including weekends. For a school […]
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Summer is right around the corner. The days are longer and people are out of the house for outdoor fun and summer trips. Intruders often take advantage of this, and that puts residences and commercial buildings at risk. So far, this year, we have seen 194 robberies and 919 burglary cases in San Antonio. There […]
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You can help make a child happy by donating toys or money to Blue Cares. Blue Cares accepts new, unused toy donations throughout the year. These toys go to under-privileged children from low-income families in San Antonio who find it difficult to provide gifts for their kids during the holiday season. There are many benefits […]
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You’re out late. You’ve had a good time, but also a few too many drinks with friends. You just want to get in your car and go home. Don’t do it! Driving under the influence is not only illegal, it’s dangerous and not something you should tolerate or ever attempt. Instead, get a ride. Here […]
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Every day, when they put on the badge, police officers try to make the city of San Antonio a safer, better place to live. They are members of the San Antonio Police Officers’ Association (SAPOA) and proud public servants, so their duty to make a difference in the community, carries on, even when the badge […]
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A much-needed upgrade is coming to SAPD’s cadet training facility. A new virtual reality training simulation has been added to the AACOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy. The virtual reality training simulation helps train police officers in high-stress situations in a controlled, simulated environment. These simulations help cadets learn how to think on their feet […]
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ALEXIS FORBES has been named the 2016 SAPOA Blue Cares Scholarship Top Cop Winner. A total of 15 students were selected as scholarship recipients by the San Antonio Police Officers’ Association. They are: BREANNA WALKER CHRIS ROLLINS IMAN WALLACE RYAN SULLIVAN MEGAN OJEDA ANGELINA ROBLEDO DANIELLE WARMOWSKI ROBERT WOODS AALIYAH CRAWFORD ALESSANDRA VALADEZ ALEXIS VALADEZ […]
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Corporal Walter Harlee is a Bexar Country sheriff officer deputy who has dutifully served with the sheriff’s office for 15 years. A recent misdiagnosis has left Harlee with an amputated leg and a mound of bills to pay. Doctors suspected another condition and it resulted his leg being amputated at the knee after gangrene set […]
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