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San Antonio police chief: Collective bargaining agreements and Texas state laws are protecting ‘bad officers’
WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: KSAT will re-air its recent investigative special on police misconduct and discipline in San Antonio on Friday at 7 p.m.SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus this week said state lawmakers need to take up the issue of collective bargaining agreements and the involved in misconduct.“Collective bargaining agreements and state laws actually protect the bad officers,” McManus said Tuesday during a live appearance on KSAT’s 6 p.m. newscast. He repeated similar comments while on police policy Wednesday...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: KSAT will re-air its recent investigative special on police misconduct and discipline in San Antonio on Friday at 7 p.m.SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus this week said state lawmakers need to take up the issue of collective bargaining agreements and the involved in misconduct.“Collective bargaining agreements and state laws actually protect the bad officers,” McManus said Tuesday during a live appearance on KSAT’s 6 p.m. newscast. He repeated similar comments while on police policy Wednesday...WW…
Part-time Bexar County judge handles less than 23% of court’s cases, takes home full-time pay of over $125K a year
WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – UPDATE: Monday evening, more than a day after this story was posted, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff released a written statement. You can read the statement in its entirety below.A months-long investigation by the KSAT 12 Defenders found a Bexar County justice of the peace collected a full-time paycheck despite hearing less than a quarter of the cases in his precinct.Precinct 1, Place 2 Judge Ciro Rodriguez, a former U.S. congressman and the older brother of Precinct 1 Commissioner Sergio “Chico” Rodriguez, was...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – UPDATE: Monday evening, more than a day after this story was posted, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff released a written statement. You can read the statement in its entirety below.A months-long investigation by the KSAT 12 Defenders found a Bexar County justice of the peace collected a full-time paycheck despite hearing less than a quarter of the cases in his precinct.Precinct 1, Place 2 Judge Ciro Rodriguez, a former U.S. congressman and the older brother of Precinct 1 Commissioner Sergio “Chico” Rodriguez, was...WW…
Dashcam video contradicts SAPD’s narrative that woman pointed weapon at sergeant prior to being fatally shot
, Investigative Reporter, Photojournalist, Executive Producer, InvestigativePublished: August 9, 2020, 7:54 pmUpdated: August 9, 2020, 10:25 pmTags: , , , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Investigative Reporter, Photojournalist, Executive Producer, InvestigativePublished: August 9, 2020, 7:54 pmUpdated: August 9, 2020, 10:25 pmTags: , , , , SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police dash camera video obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders contradicts the department’s long-held narrative that a woman shot and killed by an SAPD sergeant in early 2019 had pointed a weapon at him...…, Investigative Reporter, Photojournalist, Executive Producer, InvestigativePublished: August 9, 2020, 7:54 pmUpdated: August 9, 2020, 10:25 pmTags: , , , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Investigative Reporter, Photojournalist, Executive Producer, InvestigativePublished: August 9, 2020, 7:54 pmUpdated: August 9, 2020, 10:25 pmTags: , , , , SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police dash camera video obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders contradicts the department’s long-held narrative that a woman shot and killed by an SAPD sergeant in early 2019 had pointed a weapon at him...WW…
Families, staff describe hot conditions for COVID-19 overflow patients at East Side nursing home
, Investigative Reporter, Photojournalist, Executive Producer, InvestigativePublished: July 10, 2020, 4:29 pmUpdated: July 10, 2020, 6:44 pmTags: , , , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Investigative Reporter, Photojournalist, Executive Producer, InvestigativePublished: July 10, 2020, 4:29 pmUpdated: July 10, 2020, 6:44 pmTags: , , , , SAN ANTONIO – Staff at an east San Antonio nursing home designated earlier this year to house COVID-19 positive patients say elevated room temperatures over the weekend caused medical distress for a number of patients, at least two...…, Investigative Reporter, Photojournalist, Executive Producer, InvestigativePublished: July 10, 2020, 4:29 pmUpdated: July 10, 2020, 6:44 pmTags: , , , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Investigative Reporter, Photojournalist, Executive Producer, InvestigativePublished: July 10, 2020, 4:29 pmUpdated: July 10, 2020, 6:44 pmTags: , , , , SAN ANTONIO – Staff at an east San Antonio nursing home designated earlier this year to house COVID-19 positive patients say elevated room temperatures over the weekend caused medical distress for a number of patients, at least two...WW…
Seven dead as COVID-19 ravages Kerrville nursing home
WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: KERRVILLE, Texas – Seven residents have died, and more than 100 residents and staff members in all have tested positive for COVID-19 following an outbreak of the virus at a Kerrville nursing home, state and federal records show.Staff at Waterside Nursing and Rehabilitation, located in the 1200 block of Water Street, were mostly silent on Wednesday and referred inquiries from KSAT 12 to the facility’s administrator.The administrator, who did not respond to an email seeking comment, was at a conference and would not be available to...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: KERRVILLE, Texas – Seven residents have died, and more than 100 residents and staff members in all have tested positive for COVID-19 following an outbreak of the virus at a Kerrville nursing home, state and federal records show.Staff at Waterside Nursing and Rehabilitation, located in the 1200 block of Water Street, were mostly silent on Wednesday and referred inquiries from KSAT 12 to the facility’s administrator.The administrator, who did not respond to an email seeking comment, was at a conference and would not be available to...WW…
State mistakenly tells San Antonio man to pay back $4,000 in overpaid unemployment benefits
WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio resident Kelvin Taylor lost his job in May when the pandemic forced his company to lay off workers.Taylor did what hundreds of thousands of Texans have done this year: he applied for and got unemployment benefits. But within months, he got something else from the state: a notice he had to pay a lot of that money back, amounting to thousands of dollars.“It’s a little over $4,000. My initial reaction was shock,” Taylor said. “It’s not like I used this money just to play with. It was to take care of me...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio resident Kelvin Taylor lost his job in May when the pandemic forced his company to lay off workers.Taylor did what hundreds of thousands of Texans have done this year: he applied for and got unemployment benefits. But within months, he got something else from the state: a notice he had to pay a lot of that money back, amounting to thousands of dollars.“It’s a little over $4,000. My initial reaction was shock,” Taylor said. “It’s not like I used this money just to play with. It was to take care of me...WW…
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