SAPD says the male officer violated department policy when he gave contradicting information about a violent incident that was reported.
SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio police officer was suspended indefinitely and without pay after lying to investigators about being assaulted by a fellow officer multiple times, disciplinary records state.
According to records, that decision constituted behavior “detrimental to effective law enforcement and the needs of the San Antonio Police Department.”
The officer in question was interviewed by members of SAPD’s Special Victims Unit (SVU) on Dec. 9, 2024, records show, after investigators were notified about the alleged violence. In that interview, the officer framed the incident as “nothing physical,” adding he was “not sure how it got reported like that.”
“It was just a lot of arguing,” the officer reportedly told SVU detectives.
Later, however, investigators found the officer had texted a colleague with contradicting information, writing: “Well I can’t tell SVU the truth.”
Records say that when his colleague recommended he be honest, the now-suspended officer replied, “No, I can’t do that” and “I won’t be responsible for her losing her career,” an apparent reference to the unnamed officer accused of attacking him.
Records specify the officer violated department procedures relating to “truthfulness of members,” requiring that SAPD personnel “speak the truth at all times.” He was suspended indefinitely without pay on April 10.