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Four in the last eight days.  That seems like a lot, for you know...law enforcement.

SAN ANTONIO - Multiple sources have confirmed to the KSAT 12 Defenders that an off-duty Bexar County Sheriff's Office was arrested overnight on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

Joseph Martinez, 27, was taken into custody by the Selma Police Department sometime at 3:33 a.m., according to booking records obtained by the Defenders.

Martinez is the fourth BCSO deputy arrested on criminal charges the past eight days, and the 19th deputy arrested since the start of the year.

Selma police officers found Martinez behind the wheel of a two-door vehicle that had crashed in the 14800 block of Interstate 35 North, according to preliminary details of his arrest.

Officials with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office say Martinez has been on administrative leave for a prior unrelated incident since April 2018.

A 10 a.m. press conference scheduled to announce a partnership between BCSO and the Neighbors app was canceled early Thursday morning, hours before Martinez's arrest became public.

Last week, BCSO detention officer Ta-Vian Gloeckler was arrested after investigators said he challenged an inmate to a fight at the jail and lost.

Two days later, Corporal Kailin Kruger, a member of the agency's elite Special Emergency Response Team, was arrested while off duty on a charge of driving while intoxicated.

Kruger was pulled over in the 8200 block of Interstate 10 West before 3 a.m. last Friday, when a San Antonio Police Department officer noticed her driving without her vehicle's headlights on.

Over the weekend, Aida Santos, a part-time detention deputy, was arrested while off duty in the 8500 block of State Highway 151 on a family violence charge.

This week, BCSO Sheriff Javier Salazar said deputies running afoul of the law is not an issue that can be arrested away.

He said the agency is in the process of adding a law enforcement psychologist, who will help with the screening of BCSO applicants.

https://www.ksat.com/news/sources-fourth-bcso-deputy-arrested-in-8-days_

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Selma police officers found Martinez behind the wheel of a two-door vehicle that had crashed in the 14800 block of Interstate 35 North, according to preliminary details of his arrest.

Someone did a study of the Denver PD some time back. Over some several year time period, dozens of Denver cops were arrested for DWI. Cops drive drunk. No surprise there. The insightful stat however, was that 100% of the Denver cops arrested for DWI were involved in vehicle accidents before their arrest. Not one single cop was ever arrested for DWI after a traffic stop. Statistical proof that Denver cops were letting drunk cops off the hook for DWI as along as they didn't actually crash into another driver thereby involving civilian witnesses. 

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Someone did a study of the Denver PD some time back. Over some several year time period, dozens of Denver cops were arrested for DWI. Cops drive drunk. No surprise there. The insightful stat however, was that 100% of the Denver cops arrested for DWI were involved in vehicle accidents before their arrest. Not one single cop was ever arrested for DWI after a traffic stop. Statistical proof that Denver cops were letting drunk cops off the hook for DWI as along as they didn't actually crash into another driver thereby involving civilian witnesses. 
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Cops lookout for their own, in other news, dog bites man and water found to be wet
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Cops lookout for their own

That's a nice way of saying "cops condone criminal activity of their fellow cops".

I heard somewhere recently that there was a Miami Police Department class of cadets back in the 1980's were every single member of the class eventually ended up with a felony conviction on their record because they were all actively involved in the cocaine trade. No idea if it's true or not. 

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SA has to have the worst law enforcement anywhere in the state. BCSO is an absolute shitshow, like the comment on the article says, "pay peanuts, get monkeys". SAPD is the best in the area, but even they are highly dysfunctional. The union and the police chief constantly slinging shit at each other, usually very publicly. The Bexar County jail is a complete nightmare zone, practically run by Tango Orejon. God help you if you're not a member. I believe there's been about 3 or 4 inmate escapes so far this year, and the jail suffers from highly above average inmate suicide and homicide rates. On top of that, the SAPD, BCSO, and city council all hate each other's guts. 

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That's a nice way of saying "cops condone criminal activity of their fellow cops".
I heard somewhere recently that there was a Miami Police Department class of cadets back in the 1980's were every single member of the class eventually ended up with a felony conviction on their record because they were all actively involved in the cocaine trade. No idea if it's true or not. 
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It's true, part of the Cocaine Cowboys shit.
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Video in link

 

A 2017 hazing incident among Bexar County jailers was caught on video and resulted in seven being placed on administrative leave.

On Friday, that video was obtained by mySA.com.

The video, which appears to have been taken by Deputy Alyssa Aranda during a house party in August 2017 and posted to from her Snapchat account, showed several deputies handcuffing, roughing up and using a stun gun on Corporal Devin Tutor.

Watch the full video here.

All seven participants were part of the jail's Special Emergency Response Team, officials said.

READ MORE: 7 Bexar County deputies placed on leave after alleged hazing incident

 

Aranda, Tutor, Michael Gomez, Joseph Martinez, Juan Macias and Joshua Montoya were all placed on administrative leave the following week, after Sheriff Javier Salazar was made aware of the video.

 
 

"Had somebody not told me these were seven of my deputies involved ... and said this was video of a violent disturbance or even a murder, I would have believed it based upon what I saw," Salazar said.

The video also shows a 4-year-old girl wandering into the fray, even getting a hold of the stun gun at one point.

All the officers involved in the incident had viewed it as a joke, but Salazar said he took the situation seriously.

"It's not to be tolerated. It's not something I'm going to stand for," he said.

While the findings of that investigation and subsequent disciplinary action are unclear, a few of those officers have gotten in trouble since then.

Martinez, 27, was fired earlier this month after multiple alleged incidents of misconduct. Besides being involved in two hazing incidents, he was also accused of assaulting two inmates. He was fired after police said he drunkenly crashed into the back of 18-wheeler in Selma, with Salazar saying the termination was the result of a pattern of behavior.

 

Gomez, 30, was indicted in April on a charge of official oppression. Although an inmate was subdued on the floor, Gomez and Joseph Anthony Hernandez were accused of assaulting the inmate several times with a stick.

Gomez and Hernandez were also accused of retaliating against their colleagues, who reported the incident to their supervisors.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office has had a troubled 2018, with 20 deputies arrested on a range of charges.

Fares Sabawi covers crime in San Antonio and Bexar County for mySA.com. Read more of his stories here. | fsabawi@mysa.com | Twitter: @FaresInSA

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Someone did a study of the Denver PD some time back. Over some several year time period, dozens of Denver cops were arrested for DWI. Cops drive drunk. No surprise there. The insightful stat however, was that 100% of the Denver cops arrested for DWI were involved in vehicle accidents before their arrest. Not one single cop was ever arrested for DWI after a traffic stop. Statistical proof that Denver cops were letting drunk cops off the hook for DWI as along as they didn't actually crash into another driver thereby involving civilian witnesses. 

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Ive seen good ‘ol Susan Reed (at the time acting SA DA and well-known alcoholic) so drunk she fell out of her high heels. Then, got into her car and drove home with the Alamo heights cops who were hired for the party in front and back of her. 

 

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It was revealed over the weekend five Bexar cops were suspended last year for being in a street brawl.  This is on top of the 21 already arrested this year.

https://www.ksat.com/news/defenders/5-bcso-detention-bureau-deputies-suspended-for-street-brawl?fbclid=IwAR3PiVTgRAnRxh4tvuo96qwPd2LnEUCb_k5a6D5rNo0KeZ4MlBnE2czcfJE

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Video in link

 

A 2017 hazing incident among Bexar County jailers was caught on video and resulted in seven being placed on administrative leave.

On Friday, that video was obtained by mySA.com.

The video, which appears to have been taken by Deputy Alyssa Aranda during a house party in August 2017 and posted to from her Snapchat account, showed several deputies handcuffing, roughing up and using a stun gun on Corporal Devin Tutor.

Watch the full video here.

All seven participants were part of the jail's Special Emergency Response Team, officials said.

READ MORE: 7 Bexar County deputies placed on leave after alleged hazing incident

 

Aranda, Tutor, Michael Gomez, Joseph Martinez, Juan Macias and Joshua Montoya were all placed on administrative leave the following week, after Sheriff Javier Salazar was made aware of the video.

 
 

"Had somebody not told me these were seven of my deputies involved ... and said this was video of a violent disturbance or even a murder, I would have believed it based upon what I saw," Salazar said.

The video also shows a 4-year-old girl wandering into the fray, even getting a hold of the stun gun at one point.

All the officers involved in the incident had viewed it as a joke, but Salazar said he took the situation seriously.

"It's not to be tolerated. It's not something I'm going to stand for," he said.

While the findings of that investigation and subsequent disciplinary action are unclear, a few of those officers have gotten in trouble since then.

Martinez, 27, was fired earlier this month after multiple alleged incidents of misconduct. Besides being involved in two hazing incidents, he was also accused of assaulting two inmates. He was fired after police said he drunkenly crashed into the back of 18-wheeler in Selma, with Salazar saying the termination was the result of a pattern of behavior.

 

Gomez, 30, was indicted in April on a charge of official oppression. Although an inmate was subdued on the floor, Gomez and Joseph Anthony Hernandez were accused of assaulting the inmate several times with a stick.

Gomez and Hernandez were also accused of retaliating against their colleagues, who reported the incident to their supervisors.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office has had a troubled 2018, with 20 deputies arrested on a range of charges.

Fares Sabawi covers crime in San Antonio and Bexar County for mySA.com. Read more of his stories here. | fsabawi@mysa.com | Twitter: @FaresInSA

Is it really hazing if there's no buttsecks?

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SAN ANTONIO - The Bexar County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday announced the dismissal of seven of its employees -- six law enforcement officers and one dispatcher -- in less than a week.

Sheriff Javier Salazar elaborated on the circumstances of the employee firings:

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Deputy Adrian Parra: Parra was fired Friday after he was found to be drunk while on duty, Salazar said. According to the sheriff, Parra was on limited duty assignment at the training academy.

Deputy Joseph Martinez: The sheriff said Martinez was fired Friday due to a pattern of misbehavior. Martinez was involved in the 2017 Special Emergency Response Team hazing scandal and was subsequently arrested in September 2018 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. He is also accused of assaulting at least two inmates, which the sheriff said he forwarded to the district attorney's office for investigation. READ MORE

Sgt. Wesley Anderson: Anderson was fired March 18 after he allegedly "sucker punched" someone in an H-E-B parking lot in August 2018. The case is being handled by the San Antonio Police Department. READ MORE

Deputy Michael Fernandez: Was served a proposed notice of termination after he was found guilty of tampering with evidence. Fernandez was accused of assaulting an inmate in June 2016, then lied on the incident report, writing that he had inadvertently struck the inmate's face with his hand. READ MORE

Cpl. Ryan Ferrell:  Ferrell was served a proposed notice of termination Monday after he was arrested Sunday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Ferrell was involved in an off-duty street brawl in June 2017 and involved in the 2017 SERT team hazing scandal. READ MORE

Probationary deputy Loyd Mickens: Mickens was fired Tuesday after authorities learned he was involved in an assault that occurred at a North Side apartment complex over the weekend, the Sheriff's Office said. While the San Antonio Police Department initially responded to the incident, the Sheriff's Office said it took over the case because Mickens was an employee of the Sheriff's Office. According to Salazar, Mickens became uncooperative with internal affairs investigators and was subsequently terminated.

Dispatcher Vanessa Flores: Salazar said Flores was fired Friday for "a pattern of concerning behavior," adding that "several of these cases were with regard to alcohol." Flores was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in October 2018. Prior to the October arrest, Flores was arrested for driving while intoxicated in 2011, but the charge was reduced to obstruction of a highway. READ MORE

Salazar said that all aside from Mickens have some recourse to their proposed and final termination orders.

"They can go the civil service route. They can go to the civil service board and appeal their case. That civil service board can rule either way -- they may direct us to give them their job back. There's also an arbitration proceeding that can occur. They can go straight to an arbitrator and that arbitrator may rule that we have to give these people their job back," Salazar said, elaborating on the options the employees served with final orders of termination have.

He said that should any employee need to be reinstated, they will be monitored.

"Whatever the ultimate process is, I will respect it, I will abide by it," Salazar said. "If I am forced to take some of these folks back, you bet we're gonna be watching them."

Jeremy Payne, vice president of the Deputy Sheriff’s Association of Bexar County, said he believes more compassion is needed when dealing with disciplining employees.

“For a lot of people, it takes something like a DWI or something like that to bring the attention to, 'Hey I have a problem.' The question is when (one comes to) the realization of 'Hey, I have a problem,' do we reach out and help? Or do we cut ties?” Payne said.

Salazar mentioned several programs in place at the Sheriff's Office, including various types of counseling for those dealing with issues. He said in the aforementioned cases, those fired didn’t take advantage of the resources, and now it’s too late.

 

https://www.ksat.com/news/sheriffs-office-fires-7-employees-in-span-of-one-week

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SAN ANTONIO - The Bexar County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday announced the dismissal of seven of its employees -- six law enforcement officers and one dispatcher -- in less than a week.

Sheriff Javier Salazar elaborated on the circumstances of the employee firings:

MORE NEWS HEADLINES

BCSO deputy fired after making 'mockery of public trust' with DWI…

Bexar County detention officer convicted of tampering with incident report

BCSO sergeant accused of sucker punching man in parking lot facing dismissal

Deputy Adrian Parra: Parra was fired Friday after he was found to be drunk while on duty, Salazar said. According to the sheriff, Parra was on limited duty assignment at the training academy.

Deputy Joseph Martinez: The sheriff said Martinez was fired Friday due to a pattern of misbehavior. Martinez was involved in the 2017 Special Emergency Response Team hazing scandal and was subsequently arrested in September 2018 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. He is also accused of assaulting at least two inmates, which the sheriff said he forwarded to the district attorney's office for investigation. READ MORE

Sgt. Wesley Anderson: Anderson was fired March 18 after he allegedly "sucker punched" someone in an H-E-B parking lot in August 2018. The case is being handled by the San Antonio Police Department. READ MORE

Deputy Michael Fernandez: Was served a proposed notice of termination after he was found guilty of tampering with evidence. Fernandez was accused of assaulting an inmate in June 2016, then lied on the incident report, writing that he had inadvertently struck the inmate's face with his hand. READ MORE

Cpl. Ryan Ferrell:  Ferrell was served a proposed notice of termination Monday after he was arrested Sunday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Ferrell was involved in an off-duty street brawl in June 2017 and involved in the 2017 SERT team hazing scandal. READ MORE

Probationary deputy Loyd Mickens: Mickens was fired Tuesday after authorities learned he was involved in an assault that occurred at a North Side apartment complex over the weekend, the Sheriff's Office said. While the San Antonio Police Department initially responded to the incident, the Sheriff's Office said it took over the case because Mickens was an employee of the Sheriff's Office. According to Salazar, Mickens became uncooperative with internal affairs investigators and was subsequently terminated.

Dispatcher Vanessa Flores: Salazar said Flores was fired Friday for "a pattern of concerning behavior," adding that "several of these cases were with regard to alcohol." Flores was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in October 2018. Prior to the October arrest, Flores was arrested for driving while intoxicated in 2011, but the charge was reduced to obstruction of a highway. READ MORE

Salazar said that all aside from Mickens have some recourse to their proposed and final termination orders.

"They can go the civil service route. They can go to the civil service board and appeal their case. That civil service board can rule either way -- they may direct us to give them their job back. There's also an arbitration proceeding that can occur. They can go straight to an arbitrator and that arbitrator may rule that we have to give these people their job back," Salazar said, elaborating on the options the employees served with final orders of termination have.

He said that should any employee need to be reinstated, they will be monitored.

"Whatever the ultimate process is, I will respect it, I will abide by it," Salazar said. "If I am forced to take some of these folks back, you bet we're gonna be watching them."

Jeremy Payne, vice president of the Deputy Sheriff’s Association of Bexar County, said he believes more compassion is needed when dealing with disciplining employees.

“For a lot of people, it takes something like a DWI or something like that to 

Nothing so see here, folks. Move along..

 

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Ive seen good ‘ol Susan Reed (at the time acting SA DA and well-known alcoholic) so drunk she fell out of her high heels. Then, got into her car and drove home with the Alamo heights cops who were hired for the party in front and back of her. 

 

Wonder if she called Greg?

Gregorio maybe? 

It is San Antonio after all

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Wasn’t there a state rep from San Antonio that got popped for dui for driving up on the sidewalk of the Lamar st bridge a while back?  Nice young lady?

El Paso. Can’t remember her name but she’s no longer in the Legislature. 

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BEXAR COUNTY, Texas - A Bexar County sheriff's corporal was arrested Saturday after he was caught making a drug deal while in uniform, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar announced.

Salazar said Corporal Armando Trevino was arrested on charges of bribery, possession of fewer than 28 grams of a controlled substance in penalty group three with intent to deliver and possession of 4-200 grams of a controlled substance in penalty group one with intent to deliver.

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This comes after the agency's Public Integrity Unit obtained information that Trevino would be meeting with a civilian, identified Saturday night as Rudy Anthony De La Cruz, to make a drug deal.

Authorities set up surveillance at a gas station at Broadway Street and Loop 410, where Trevino and De La Cruz met.

Rudy Anthony De La Cruz

"The surveillance team observed a narcotics transaction taking place and they swooped in and placed both under arrest," Salazar said. "The deputy was in uniform at the time of his arrest and he had a weapon present, although he is not a peace officer. It was pretty clear to everybody that he was on his way to work to smuggle these drugs into the Bexar County Jail, but we placed him under arrest before that could be completed."

According to Salazar, law enforcement officers found heroin and Suboxone on the two men.

Salazar believes the 5-year detention officer has been smuggling drugs into the jail for "a good portion" of his time with the agency and had been on investigators' radar for "quite some time."

"I can tell you he's very resourceful," Salazar said "He went to great lengths to conceal his crimes."

Trevino's arrest was the result of a joint investigation with the FBI, the San Antonio Police Department, the IRS and Texas Rangers, according to authorities. 

FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs credited Salazar on Saturday for his focus on weeding out public corruption.

"We have worked very long on this case today with the Sheriff's Office," Combs said. "Frankly, today's case would not have come to fruition if it had not been for the Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Salazar. He has supported the FBI in every one of our corruption investigations and without his support, we could not move forward on these cases."

Trevino is the eighth official with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office to be arrested this year.

"It's insulting and it's an affront to the other 1,500 deputies that I have in this agency that just want to come to work and protect and serve and do a great job and provide for their families," Salazar said. "Folks like this are totally disrespecting everybody that wears that badge with honor and distinction."

https://www.ksat.com/news/watch-live-bcso-fbi-hold-press-conference-on-high-profile-arrest?fbclid=IwAR0kLVYRiZmKIXCTa4bVv01ZuMcUDfqSopUmKnL47KttUB_v0svnMfKJxAQ

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Not funny.  Not funny at all.

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Reminds me of Austin’s former Fire Chief who drove her AFD vehicle drunk around to various fire stations. As observed by my nephew who conversed first hand with her when she showed up at his South Austin station in that obvious condition. Never heard of her getting busted though.

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Wonder if she called Greg?

Gregorio maybe? 

It is San Antonio after all

Reminds me of all the times I've run into Greg Simmons the KSAT news Sports Anchor. That dude is a fucking lush. He used to live near my family home when I was growing up in Castle Hills. I remember seeing that dude totally inebriated at night back when I was in high school. Fast forward over 20 years later and I occasionally still see him stumbling around drunk in the Stone Oak area. Word is he no longer drives because of DUIs so it's pretty common to see his drunk ass stumbling around North San Antonio on foot.

 

 

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So has the title been updated to reflect Saturday's arrest?

And I thought the RGV had a corrupt law enforcement problem?  Bexar County says hold my Lone Star.

panama unit, holla !!!!!! hildago county's finest !!!!!!

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/americas-dirtiest-cops-cash-cocaine-and-corruption-on-the-texas-border-241579/

https://www.texasobserver.org/tag/panama-unit/

https://www.texasobserver.org/members-panama-unit-go-jail-former-sheriff-awaits-day-court/

 

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I lived down there when another Sheriff ended up in the Federal Pen along with some other county officials. Border corruption at its finest!
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