Officer indefinitely suspended after allegedly using excessive force during arrest

SAN ANTONIO – A police officer has been indefinitely suspended without pay after an internal affairs investigation found he used profanity and unnecessary force against a handcuffed suspect during a December 2025 arrest on the city’s West Side.

The report says that at about 10 p.m. on Dec. 20, 2025, Trevino was dispatched to an Inn Town Suites at 7490 Culebra Road for an intoxicated male. Before Trevino arrived, a cover officer apprehended the man after a brief foot pursuit, and Trevino was rerouted to the arrest scene at 7230 Culebra Road.

During a search, the suspect began using profanity and resisting, the report states. Body-worn camera footage captured Trevino telling the suspect, “Shut the f**k up.”

The report says Trevino placed the suspect on the ground after he continued to resist the search, and the suspect continued directing profanities at Trevino.

The footage captured Trevino telling the suspect, “Shut the f**k up,” a second time. The report states Trevino “subjected a suspect to verbal abuse while he was handcuffed and under arrest.”

The report also describes several uses of force captured on body-worn camera video. It says Trevino escorted the suspect to his patrol car and “appeared to push the suspect into the front passenger door,” after which Trevino could be heard stating, “Be careful, there is a car there,” after the suspect struck the door.

The report says video also showed Trevino near the right rear passenger door of his patrol vehicle, where he “appeared to throw the suspect onto the ground while handcuffed,” and the suspect injured his right elbow.

While the suspect was on his back and handcuffed, the report says Trevino used “a closed right fist to punch the suspect in the face approximately three times.”

The report says that when Trevino attempted to place the suspect into the back seat of the patrol car, the suspect refused to enter. Trevino could be heard telling the suspect, “Get inside the f**king car.” The report says Trevino “appeared to slap the suspect in the face with an open right hand and force him into the patrol car.”

“Officer Trevino’s actions render his continuance in office detrimental to effective law enforcement and the needs of the San Antonio Police Department,” the report states.

The San Antonio Police Department’s official suspension report says Officer Arturo Trevino, badge No. 0357, was suspended “indefinitely, without pay effective immediately” under the Texas Local Government Code.

The report states Trevino violated the City of San Antonio Fire Fighters’ and Police Officers’ Civil Service Commission Rules, citing “discourtesy to the public or to a fellow employee while the firefighter or police officer is in the line of duty,” “conduct prejudicial to good order,” and “violation of an applicable fire or police department rule or special order.”

According to the report, the suspension is tied to two cited violations of the department’s prisoner-treatment policy, which states: “Prisoners shall be protected in their legal rights, given humane treatment, and shall not be subjected to verbal abuse or unnecessary physical violence.”