Bexar County Precinct 3 Commissioner Grant Moody arrived at commissioners’ court in April 2023 with an ambitious plan to provide the sheriff’s office with a much-needed injection of law enforcement personnel.

A request from Moody that spring day included: moving funds to add 12 new patrol deputies immediately, unfreezing an additional 12 positions, budgeting for an additional 50 patrol positions the next fiscal year, and commissioning a study to be completed by the end of that July to determine the appropriate number of law enforcement positions for BCSO moving forward.

Even though commissioners during that meeting voted unanimously to have the study completed, county officials confirm it has still not taken place more than 900 days later.

“To put it simply: I think we have a problem. A

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