A San Antonio police officer was indefinitely suspended in February after an internal investigation found he repeatedly violated traffic laws in a marked patrol vehicle and failed to comply with body-camera upload requirements, according to a disciplinary order signed by Police Chief William P. McManus. The order names Officer Taylor C. Sanchez, and states the indefinite suspension was filed on February 18, 2026.

The disciplinary action stems from a September 8, 2025, incident that was first flagged the next day, when an on-duty SAPD supervisor was notified that a marked patrol vehicle had been seen traveling at a high rate of speed on State Highway 151 with emergency lights and siren activated. The supervisor later determined the vehicle was being driven by Sanchez, who was assigned to West Patrol A-Shift. According to the order, Sanchez had not been assigned to a call for service at the time the patrol vehicle was observed traveling at the alleged high rate of speed. That finding led to an administrative review of Axon Fleet video and Automatic Vehicle Location records from the morning of September 8.

Investigation Reviewed Patrol Video and Vehicle Location Records

The order says Sanchez’s front Axon Fleet video began at approximately 7:45 a.m. while he was stopped behind a bus near Wurzbach Road and Ingram Road. At that point, according to the department, Sanchez was not assigned to a call for service. About one minute later, investigators said Sanchez moved right into an exit lane leading toward Ingram Park Mall and activated his emergency lights. The order says he then made a left-hand turn where the exit lane merged into the northbound lane of a private road leading into the mall, proceeded southbound in the northbound lane and entered the intersection at Wurzbach Road and Ingram Road.

SAPD said the traffic signal for vehicles exiting the private road from Ingram Park Mall was red when Sanchez entered the intersection. The order states Sanchez failed to stop for the red light and then drove southbound across the intersection toward northbound traffic that was stopped on Wurzbach Road. While crossing, the department said Sanchez violated the right of way of both eastbound traffic on Wurzbach Road and westbound traffic on Ingram Road, which had green lights at the time.

Multiple Red Lights and Shoulder Driving Alleged Before Call Assignment

The disciplinary order says the conduct did not end at Wurzbach and Ingram. Between approximately 7:47 a.m. and 7:50 a.m., while still not assigned to a call for service, Sanchez allegedly failed to stop at a red light at the intersection of the southbound frontage road of Northwest Loop 410 and Culebra Road. The order says he also failed to stop at a red light at the intersection of the southbound frontage road of Northwest Loop 410 and the southbound frontage road of State Highway 151. SAPD further found he failed to stop at a red light at the intersection of the southbound frontage road of State Highway 151 and the northbound frontage road of Northwest Loop 410.

Investigators also cited Sanchez’s driving on State Highway 151 before he was assigned to a call. According to the order, between approximately 7:51 a.m. and 7:53 a.m., Sanchez drove his patrol vehicle on the left-hand road shoulder of the southbound main lanes of State Highway 151.

Speeds Reached Up to 111 MPH, According to SAPD

The order lists several speeds investigators attributed to Sanchez before he was assigned to a call. Between approximately 7:48 a.m. and 7:53 a.m., SAPD said Sanchez traveled up to 105 miles per hour in a 45-mile-per-hour zone on the southbound frontage road of Northwest Loop 410. The department also said he traveled up to 99 miles per hour in a 55-mile-per-hour zone on the southbound frontage road of State Highway 151. Investigators further found he traveled up to 111 miles per hour in a 65-mile-per-hour zone in the southbound main lanes of State Highway 151.

Sanchez was later assigned to case number SAPD25182198 between approximately 7:53 a.m. and 8:18 a.m. on September 8, according to the order. After that assignment, SAPD said he was authorized only for a Code-One response. Even after being assigned, the order says Sanchez failed to stop at a red light at the intersection of the eastbound frontage road of U.S. Highway 90 West and Cupples Road between approximately 7:54 a.m. and 7:55 a.m.

Department Says Call Did Not Authorize Code-Three Response

SAPD also found that Sanchez’s driving after the call assignment exceeded what was authorized for the response. Between approximately 7:53 a.m. and 7:57 a.m., the order says Sanchez traveled up to 84 miles per hour in a 65-mile-per-hour zone in the southbound main lanes of State Highway 151. It also says he reached up to 103 miles per hour in a 65-mile-per-hour zone in the eastbound main lanes of U.S. Highway 90 West, up to 94 miles per hour in a 55-mile-per-hour zone on the eastbound frontage road of U.S. Highway 90 West and up to 111 miles per hour in a 65-mile-per-hour zone in the westbound main lanes of U.S. Highway 90 West.

In his SAPD Form 200-OR response to the complaint, Sanchez wrote, “The call was dispatched as a code call, as such I responded code to the call.” The order says radio communications from the West Channel were reviewed and showed the call was not dispatched as a Code-Two or Code-Three call. According to SAPD, Sanchez was authorized only for a Code-One response. The order states Sanchez responded to the assigned call in a manner consistent with a Code-Three response without authorization from a supervisor or West Channel dispatcher.

Body-Camera Recording and Upload Issues Cited

The order says Sanchez arrived at the call location in the northbound lanes of State Highway 151 at approximately 7:58 a.m., as recorded by his Axon Fleet camera. During the investigation, SAPD downloaded a Device Audit Trail for Sanchez’s body-worn camera and found he did not record the assigned call for service with his body camera. The department said Sanchez failed to begin recording with his body-worn camera before arriving at the scene of his assigned call. Investigators also found the last audit entry before the start of his 6:00 a.m. tour of duty showed his body-camera battery charge level was 1%.

SAPD also cited a pattern involving body-camera uploads over several shifts. The order says Sanchez failed to go to a designated docking station and upload body-camera videos before the end of his tour of duty on multiple dates. On September 7, after working West Patrol A-Shift, the audit trail showed 24 videos on his body camera that had not been uploaded. Later that same day into September 8, after working a Prue Patrol T-Shift district fill assignment, the audit trail showed 34 videos that had not been uploaded.

The order says the same issue continued after the September 8 driving incident. After Sanchez worked West Patrol A-Shift on September 8, the audit trail showed 38 videos on his body camera that had not been uploaded. After a Prue Patrol T-Shift district fill assignment from September 10 into September 11, the audit trail showed 49 videos that had not been uploaded. After West Patrol A-Shift on September 11, the number had increased to 53 videos, according to the order.

SAPD said Sanchez again failed to upload body-camera videos after a Prue Patrol T-Shift district fill assignment from September 11 into September 12. At approximately 4:21 a.m. on September 12, the closest audit trail entry to the end of that shift showed 60 videos had not been uploaded. Later on September 12, after Sanchez worked West Patrol A-Shift, the audit trail showed he connected his body camera to an Axon Dock at the West Substation at approximately 1:51 p.m. At that point, the order says the device had a 15% battery level and 64 videos still had not been uploaded.

Prior Discipline Was Considered

The order states that SAPD considered Sanchez’s prior disciplinary record in determining the appropriate discipline. That record included an agreed 10-day suspension, an agreed 20-day suspension and a 30-day suspension, according to the disciplinary order. The order identifies the prior matters by internal affairs case numbers IA2022-0123, IA2022-0121 and IA2022-0804.

TCOLE Licensing History

A TCOLE Licensee Service Report for Taylor C. Sanchez lists his Peace Officer License as active. The TCOLE service history shows Sanchez with the San Antonio Police Department beginning February 22, 2019, with the report listing that service as continuing through “Today.” The same report also lists prior service with the La Coste Police Department from December 16, 2022, through April 25, 2025.

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