{"id":514166,"date":"2026-01-13T23:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/514166\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T23:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:20:10","slug":"sapd-sergeant-was-suspended-30-days-after-botching-use-of-force-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/514166\/","title":{"rendered":"SAPD sergeant was suspended 30 days after botching use-of-force probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 A veteran San Antonio Police Department sergeant served a 30-day suspension late last year after investigators said he mischaracterized a use-of-force incident between an officer and a suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Sgt. Jesus Rubio, a 16-year veteran of SAPD, served the suspension from Nov. 22 to Dec. 21 for rule violations that included not using sound judgment, city discipline records show. <\/p>\n<p>KSAT Investigates<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Hard-hitting journalism from the KSAT Investigates team delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">In June, Rubio was assigned to assist SAPD Fusion in arresting a suspect on a warrant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Rubio, according to SAPD records, witnessed an officer fire a non-lethal projectile at the suspect, who was seated on a step in a non-threatening manner but not following verbal commands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Rubio later wrote that the officer applied his training and \u201cused necessary intermediate force for pain compliance\u201d while arresting the suspect, records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators, however, later determined that Rubio failed to use sound judgment during his review and evaluation of the incident, according to records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Rubio was handed a contemplated indefinite suspension in early November, but after meeting with SAPD Chief William McManus, the discipline was shortened to a 30-day suspension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Read more reporting on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/ksat-investigates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSAT Investigates page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A veteran San Antonio Police Department sergeant served a 30-day suspension late last year after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":514167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,86578,31872,7202,7203,7725,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-514166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-broken-blue","10":"tag-ksat-investigates","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-sanantonio","13":"tag-sapd","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115890358028517602","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}