SAN ANTONIO \u2014 Two off-duty Bexar County sheriff\u2019s deputies resigned in lieu of termination after San Antonio police arrested them overnight Sunday in separate incidents, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Damian Villegas, 19, was arrested for reckless driving, and Damien Trevino, 25, was arrested for driving while intoxicated, BCSO said.<\/p>\n
Villegas had worked for the agency for one year, while Trevino had worked there for four years.<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s office said both deputies\u2019 separations would be reported to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement under dishonorable conditions, effective immediately.<\/p>\n
Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a statement Sunday, in part, \u201cAny employee who chooses to drink and drive or willfully endanger the public should not be surprised when they\u2019re suddenly unemployed.”<\/p>\n
San Antonio police are conducting the criminal investigation, according to BCSO. <\/p>\n
Joey Ramirez, a lifelong San Antonio resident and English teacher, said the news raised concerns about public trust.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo hearing that we have public officials that are making poor decisions concerns me as a citizen because they take on the responsibility to protect and guide us,\u201d Ramirez said.<\/p>\n
Ramirez said he hopes adults consider the example they set for younger generations.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would hope everybody, every adult, every citizen does make better decisions because our youth right now are at a vulnerable state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
One woman who lives in San Antonio and asked not to be identified, said accountability matters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they should be held to a higher standard, regardless of whether they\u2019re on or off duty, because we look to them to protect us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
We are working with the BCSO and the Sherriff for additional information, including where each arrest occurred and the circumstances surrounding the incidents. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 Two off-duty Bexar County sheriff\u2019s deputies resigned in lieu of termination after San Antonio police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-456665","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\/456665","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=456665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}