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68% of San Antonians think police unions are barriers to accountability.

Bexar Facts Poll >>

"Bad Apples"

A look into why we must vote to repeal Chapter 174:

Broken Blue: KSAT12 Investigative Special

"Bad Apples"

KSAT12 Broken Blue Stories

Understand: How arbitration plays out for disciplined San Antonio police officers

SAPD officer who gave homeless man a feces sandwich trying to win back job for a second time

Off-duty cop who beat fiancee with rock was only SAPD officer to have firing upheld in 2019

Officer Michael Garza: From rising star to SAPD castoff

SAPD officer fired 6 times fighting for reinstatement — again

A lying SAPD officer was reinstated after he cited his military record. That was a lie, too.

# of SAPD officers who were fired and re-hired since 2010

Source: KSAT12 Broken Blue

Bexar Facts Poll

Do you agree that police unions have been a barrier to holding local police officers accountable for misconduct?

Videos + Media

NowThis

Police Union Contracts: How They Work and Who They Protect

How Cities Lost Control of Police Discipline

New York Times

Police unions have helped shield officers from accountability

CNN

Police Unions And Civilian Deaths

NPR

Protections for police officers accused of misconduct in San Antonio

KSAT

The Link Between Disproportionate Police Brutality And Police Unions

NPR

Police Unions Wield Massive Power in American Politics — For Now

Rolling Stone

The rest of Texas doesn't operate under Chapter 174.

Vote YES to repeal, and we can create a better contract for the community and the police who protect us.

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