San Antonio, Texas | Police Funding Database | LDF

San Antonio at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	White, not Hispanic or Latino	340,483
	Black or African American	101,752
	American Indian and Alaska native	2,483
	Asian	39,897
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,105
	Two or More Races	34,019
	Hispanic or Latino	966,698

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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

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	Department of Justice	$20,063,420
	Executive Office of the President	$21,225,817

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: San Antonio
Amount	Start and end dates	Recipient and description	Awarding agency	CFDA program	Type
$6,250,000.00	10/1/2024 9/30/2029	CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THE COPS HIRING PROGRAM (CHP) PROVIDES FUNDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HIRE AND/OR REHIRE ADDITIONAL CAREER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE THEIR COMMUNITY POLICING CAPACITY AND CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS. ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES OF CHP AWARDS INCLUDE ENGAGEMENT IN PLANNED COMMU…	Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions	16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants	Prime
$2,181,533.00	1/1/2024 12/31/2025	CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATIONS AND IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INITIATIVES.	Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy	95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program	Prime
$6,250,000.00	10/1/2023 9/30/2028	CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THE PURPOSE OF THE COPS HIRING PROGRAM (CHP) PROGRAM IS TO ADVANCE THE PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY POLICING THROUGH THE HIRE OR REHIRE OF ADDITIONAL CAREER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. FUNDING UNDER THIS AWARD PROGRAM WILL BE UTILIZED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HIRE AND REHIRE CAREER LAW ENFORCEME…	Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions	16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants	Prime
$69,726.00	10/1/2023 9/30/2025	CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL USE LEMHWA GRANT FUNDS TO CREATE A HOLISTIC AND WELL-BALANCED APPROACH THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALL ACTIVE, RETIRED, CIVILIAN AND FAMILY MEMBERS INVOLVED THROUGH EMOTIONAL REGULATION STRATEGIES, PAIN MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL LITERACY. FOR EMOTIONAL REGULATION S…	Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions	16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants	Prime

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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 17, 2023

Settlements

We identified 2 publicly reported settlements that resulted in $916,297.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year	Description	Outcome
2022	The City of San Antonio will pay $466,300 to the family and the estate of Jesse Aguirre, who died after three police officers put their weight on him for over five minutes in 2013 and three additional minutes passed before they rendered medical aid. After Aguirre left a one-vehicle wreck in 2013, police officers responded, approached him, flipped him over a median onto the ground, put their weight on him for five and a half minutes, and waited an additional three minutes before giving him medical aid. The family originally filed suit back in 2015. The medical examiner in this case ruled Aguirre’s cause of death as “positional asphyxiation” and “excited delirium.” The latter term is overwhelmingly used in police custody deaths, although the medical examiner did rule Aguirre’s death a homicide. The settlement came after the 5^th Circuit Court of Appeals had determined that SAPD officers were not entitled to qualified immunity in the case. Source Sanford Nowlin, "San Antonio to pay $466,300 in Jesse Aguirre death, its second big 2022 police use-of-force settlement", San Antonio Current, June 07, 2022	Compensation $466,300.00
2022	The family of Antronie Scott settled a lawsuit against the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) for $450,000 after Scott was killed by Officer John Lee. Scott, a Black man, was unarmed when he was killed by Officer Lee on February 4, 2016. Lee alleged that 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 SAPD in 2020. Source Fares Sabawi, "Settlement reached in wrongful death lawsuit of Antronie Scott, killed by SAPD officer", KSAT.com, April 28, 2022	Compensation $449,997.00