San Antonio at a glance
Population by race and Hispanic origin
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Full-time law enforcement staff, San Antonio Police Department
- 2,419 Officers
- 643 Civilian staff
Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents
- 2.05 San Antonio
- 2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
- 2.2 National average
These figures reflect the San Antonio Police Department only, and do not include state or other police agencies that may be present in this location.
Federal grant funding for San Antonio
Data was last updated January 7, 2025
We identified over $41.2M in federal grant funding, FY 2015-2025
Grant funding over time
Grant funding by federal department
Recent grants
Military equipment transfers
We were unable to locate any military equipment transfers for this location using the LESO Property Transferred to Participating Agencies database published by the Defense Logistics Agency. It is possible that this location has acquired military equipment for policing via other sources or programs.
Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements
Data last updated July 9, 2025
Settlements
We identified 2 publicly reported settlements that resulted in $916,300.00 in monetary compensation to victims.
Year | Description | Outcome |
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2022 |
The City of San Antonio, Texas, agreed to pay $466,300 to the family and the estate of Jesse Aguirre. As Aguirre left a one-vehicle wreck in 2013, three police officers who responded to the scene pinned him down for over five minutes and then allowed three additional minutes to pass before they rendered medical aid. The examiner ruled Aguirre’s cause of death as “positional asphyxiation” and “excited delirium” brought on by his restraint and subsequently ruled Aguirre’s death a homicide. The family originally filed suit in 2015. The settlement came in 2022, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit determined that San Antonio Police Department officers were not entitled to qualified immunity in this case. |
Compensation
$466,300.00 |
2022 |
The family of Antronie Scott settled a lawsuit against the City of San Antonio, Texas, for $450,000 after Scott was killed by police. Scott, a Black man, was unarmed when Officer John Lee fatally shot him on February 4, 2016. Lee said he believed Scott was holding a firearm, but Scott was only holding a cell phone. Lee was never criminally charged for Scott’s killing, and he left the San Antonio Police Department in 2020. |
Compensation
$450,000.00 |