SAN ANTONIO – A police officer has been indefinitely suspended without pay after an internal investigation found repeated instances of speeding in a marked patrol vehicle, failing to activate the required video recording, and making an unauthorized emergency response, according to a disciplinary suspension order.<\/p>\n
The suspension alleges Sanchez violated several SAPD policies, including on safe operation of city vehicles and compliance with traffic laws; on mobile video recording requirements; and on authorization for Code Two or Code Three emergency responses.<\/p>\n
According to the order, Sanchez\u2019s Automated Vehicle Location records were examined from August 2025 through September 2025.<\/p>\n
On Aug. 16, 2025, the AVL audit log showed Sanchez drove up to 119 mph in a 55 mph zone near the State Highway 151 Access Road and Callaghan Road on-ramp; 105 mph in a 45 mph zone near State Highway 151 southbound and the southbound Loop 1604 off-ramp; 106 mph in a 65 mph zone near Loop 410 westbound and U.S. Highway 281 north; and 105 mph in a 65 mph zone near U.S. 281 north and Wurzbach Parkway. <\/p>\n
On Aug. 29, 2025, the AVL audit log showed that between 6:18:08 a.m. and 7:14:15 a.m., while assigned to call for service SAPD-2025-1206914 (SAPD25174761), Sanchez drove up to 110 mph in a 65 mph zone near State Highway 151 northbound and Rogers Road, the order states.<\/p>\n
On Sept. 1, 2025, while responding to a lewd conduct call, the AVL audit log showed Sanchez drove up to 117 mph in a 65 mph zone near Northwest Loop 410 and Bandera Road, according to the order. The order also states a review of the Axon Fleet video showed Sanchez drove on the wrong side of the roadway in the 3300 block of Hillcrest Drive while responding to the call.<\/p>\n
On Sept. 25, 2025, the order states Sanchez was assigned to call for service SAPD-2025-1340338 (SAPD25194986) for an \u201cAccident Major\u201d between 7:04:08 a.m. and 8:22:46 a.m. The AVL audit log showed Sanchez reached speeds up to 108 mph in a 65 mph zone near Northwest Loop 410 westbound and Exchange Parkway, according to the order. <\/p>\n
It also states that, based on Axon Fleet\/body-worn camera video and dispatch radio transmissions, Sanchez did not receive authorization from a supervisor or dispatcher to initiate a response higher than Code One, but responded with emergency lights and siren activated and at speeds consistent with a Code Three response, in violation of Procedure 609.07(A)(1).<\/p>\n
The order also states that during the review period, Sanchez responded to four calls for service, and failed to activate his mobile video recording upon being assigned to each of those calls and did not obtain supervisory approval for the non-activation.<\/p>\n
The suspension order concludes that Sanchez\u2019s actions \u201crender his continuance in office detrimental to effective law enforcement and the needs of the San Antonio Police Department,\u201d and states a copy of the order is being filed with the Fire Fighters\u2019 and Police Officers\u2019 Civil Service Commission.<\/p>\n
The document also outlines appeal rights, stating Sanchez has 15 days from the date of receipt to file a written appeal with the city\u2019s personnel director requesting either arbitration or a hearing before the Civil Service Commission. <\/p>\n
It also notes that after separation from the department, maintaining training requirements for a peace officer license during the current training cycle is the officer\u2019s responsibility and directs officers to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement website for training requirements and records.<\/p>\n
The order indefinitely suspends Officer Taylor C. Sanchez, badge No. 0149, from paid duty with the San Antonio Police Department, effective immediately.<\/p>\n
The order states Sanchez violated the City of San Antonio Fire Fighters\u2019 and Police Officers\u2019 Civil Service Commission Rules on multiple grounds, including neglect of duty, discourtesy, conduct prejudicial to good order, and violation of applicable department rules or special orders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – A police officer has been indefinitely suspended without pay after an internal investigation found repeated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-378394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}