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Ananda Tomas, executive director of ACT 4 SA, speaks during a protest against former SAPD officer James Brennand outside of the Public Safety Headquarters on Tuesday. Brennand was fired after shooting 17-year-old Erik Cantu.

Activists seek 20K signatures for justice and police reform initiative for 2023 ballot

by Iris Dimmick October 17, 2022October 19, 2022

The proposed charter amendment would allow San Antonio voters to decriminalize marijuana and abortion and ban no-knock warrants and chokeholds.

Lynda Espinoza holds a sign that reads "mom wants justice" at the vigil and rally for her 13-year-old son, Andre "AJ" Hernandez, who was killed by police on June 3, 2022.

Activists, family of 13-year-old boy killed by police rally to demand answers

by Iris Dimmick June 9, 2022June 9, 2022

Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez (D2) joins police reform activists on the steps of city hall Wednesday. The councilman plans to vote “no” to the proposed five-year contract with the San Antonio police union because he feels not enough improvements were made. The majority of his colleagues, however, plan to vote "yes."

City Council likely to approve police contract Thursday

by Iris Dimmick May 11, 2022May 12, 2022

Mental health crisis prevention team reduces involuntary hospital commitments

by Iris Dimmick March 24, 2022March 24, 2022

The City of San Antonio and the SAPD perform a homeless encampment abatement along the I-37 corridor in the near Eastside on Wednesday February, 16, 2022.

Pilot team for mental health 911 calls to deploy next month

by Iris Dimmick March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

John "Danny" Diaz, president of the San Antonio Police Officers Association, is greeted during a press conference outside the San Antonio Public Safety Headquarters held with Police Chief William McManus.

Accountability, discipline and pay: Unpacking the proposed police contract

by Iris Dimmick March 9, 2022March 18, 2022

An SAPD cruiser performs traffic control duties along Commerce Street in February. The police department terminated rookie police officer James Brennand after he fired 10 shots at a teenager on Sunday.

‘I don’t want to jinx it’: Possible light at the end of the police union contract tunnel

by Iris Dimmick February 15, 2022February 15, 2022

The Bexar County Commissioners Court approved a $3 million expansion and extension of the sheriff's office body camera contract. With the funding for new technology, Sheriff Javier Salazar said his office will now be able to enact a 10-day policy to make public certain body camera footage.

$3 million OK’d to extend BCSO body cam contract, update equipment

by Iris Dimmick February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

Draedyn Daniels shoots a basketball while playing at the Boys and Girls Club Eastside branch on April 1, 2021. A new report from the San Antonio Area Foundation and the San Antonio Area African American Community Fund recommends new education policies to address current discrimination Black students experience.

New report ‘gives us a baseline’ on inequities within SA’s Black community

by Iris Dimmick January 31, 2022January 30, 2022