{"id":50498,"date":"2025-11-15T05:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/50498\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T05:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:18:19","slug":"after-ex-officers-acquitted-head-of-sapd-union-wants-chief-mcmanus-out-over-knee-jerk-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/50498\/","title":{"rendered":"After ex-officers acquitted, head of SAPD union wants Chief McManus out over \u2018knee-jerk\u2019 reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A week after three former San Antonio Police Department officers were acquitted in the 2023 shooting death of Melissa Perez<\/a>, the president of a local police union wants to put a vote of no confidence forward at the union\u2019s next meeting.<\/p>\n

San Antonio Police Officers\u2019 Association President Danny Diaz<\/a> sent union members a letter citing Chief William McManus\u2019 \u201cknee-jerk\u201d reactions and \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d decisions in the arrests of officers the same day Melissa Perez was shot and killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should have been placed on administrative duty and they weren\u2019t,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cThey went directly to arresting them within 16 hours. That wasn\u2019t the right decision to do, so our members don\u2019t have confidence in the chief.\u201d<\/p>\n

After reaching out to SAPD for three days, the department sent KSAT the following emailed statement from McManus:<\/p>\n

\u201cI recognize that this case has stirred strong emotions within the Department and the community. My decisions in this case were based on the specific circumstances involved. <\/p>\n

\u201cI consistently support officers when their use of force is within policy and the law, and I review these situations regularly. The steps taken in this case were not influenced by political pressure or external pressure of any kind. <\/p>\n

\u201cI will continue to work with SAPOA, as I have over the years, to address our differences in a way that supports both our officers and the community we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

SAPOA\u2019s directors will speak with union members over the next couple of weeks and decide on Dec. 11 if the union will put forward a vote of no confidence. If the union holds the vote, members will have a couple of weeks to vote in favor of or against the chief.<\/p>\n

The results are non-binding, and the anticipated vote is separate from the 2016 vote of no confidence<\/a> in the chief. <\/p>\n

The San Antonio Police Officers Association issued a vote of no confidence against the chief in 2016, with 97% of voting members disapproving of the chief. The vote took place during contract negotiations with then-city administration.<\/p>\n

The union denied the vote was about contract negotiations and said the vote was because McManus was not reacting \u201cappropriately\u201d to staffing and morale issues in the department and showing \u201can unwillingness\u201d to support officer John Lee after a deadly shooting.<\/p>\n

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