A week after three former San Antonio Police Department officers were acquitted in the 2023 shooting death of Melissa Perez, the president of a local police union wants to put a vote of no confidence forward at the union’s next meeting.

San Antonio Police Officers’ Association President Danny Diaz sent union members a letter citing Chief William McManus’ “knee-jerk” reactions and “politically motivated” decisions in the arrests of officers the same day Melissa Perez was shot and killed.

“They should have been placed on administrative duty and they weren’t,” Diaz said. “They went directly to arresting them within 16 hours. That wasn’t the right decision to do, so our members don’t have confidence in the chief.”

After reaching out to SAPD for three days, the department sent KSAT the follo

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