San Antonio Police Department

The San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of San Antonio, Texas, United States and some surrounding areas. Its headquarters are at South Santa Rosa district. SAPD is one of the largest municipal police department in Texas.

San Antonio Police Department
AbbreviationS.A.P.D.
Agency overview
Formed1718
Annual budget$479 m (2020)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionSan Antonio, Texas, USA
Map of San Antonio Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size465.4 square miles (1,210 km2)
Population1,492,510 (2017)[2]
General nature
Headquarters315 S. Santa Rosa
Elected officer responsible
Agency executives
  • William McManus[3], Chief of Police
  • Anthony Treviño, Assistant Chief over the Operations Bureau
  • James Flavin, Assistant Chief and commander of the Operations Support Bureau
Website
http://www.sanantonio.gov/SAPD

The current chief of police is William McManus, who is known, among other things, for his aggressive stance on those who insult police officers.[4][5][6][7] McManus is additinally notable for supporting an officer who pulled a tampon out of a woman's vagina in public. [8]

History

Early law enforcement in San Antonio begins with the alguacils of the Villa de San Fernando de Bexar and progresses to the Texas Rangers, vigilantes, and City Marshals of early San Antonio.[9]

Officers are issued the Smith & Wesson M&P .40 S&W as the sidearm. Prior officers were issued the Glock 22 .40 caliber pistol which had been used since the early 1990s. Prior to the Glock officers were issued .357 magnum Smith & Wesson Model 65-2 revolvers.

Organization

Chief of Police, Command and Executive Staff.[10] Community crime map.[11]

Ranks

These are the current ranks of the San Antonio Police Department:

Rank Insignia
Chief
Assistant Chief
Deputy Chief
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Detective-Investigator
Police Officer N/A

See also

References
  1. "Adopted Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2020" (PDF). City of San Antonio, Office of Management & Budget. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. Bureau, U.S. Census. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. "Police Chief". Sanantonio.gov. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. "Message From The Chief". Sanantonio.gov. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. Caltabiano, David (2019-03-10). "Local YouTuber speaks out after conviction". WOAI. Retrieved 2019-03-11. When you get into an officers face and hurl insults, that's verbal assault and not a first amendment protected right
  6. Beltran, Jacob; Downs, Caleb (2019-03-06). "Activist found guilty for disorderly conduct during incident with San Antonio SWAT". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2019-03-11. McManus applauded Padilla’s conviction Wednesday. He said the court’s decision “almost puts a dagger in the heart of their First Amendment excuse for insulting police officers.”
  7. "City of San Antonio Successfully Prosecutes Individual for Disrupting Police Officers during Course of Duty". The City of San Antonio - Official City Website. Retrieved 2019-03-11. "[... V]erbal attacks against us simply for wearing a uniform and performing our duties does not represent the spirit of the law,” San Antonio Police Chief William McManus
  8. https://www.insider.com/woman-san-antonio-police-officer-tampon-public-proposed-settlement-2019-10. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "History". Sanantonio.gov. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  10. "Leadership Chart" (PDF). Sanantonio.gov. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  11. "LexisNexis® Community Crime Map". Communitycrimemap.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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