The San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) has placed Officer Christopher D. De Los Santos on indefinite suspension after a series of complaints involving harassment and unprofessional behavior.  In a February 11, 2026, suspension order signed by Chief of Police William McManus, the city stated that De Los Santos violated several civil‑service rules, including discourtesy, conduct prejudicial to good order, and violations of department policies.  The suspension letter explained that these infractions warranted “good cause for depriving Officer Christopher D. De Los Santos of his position.”  It noted that the officer’s continued service would be detrimental to effective law enforcement.

Allegations of Harassment on Crisis Calls

The Internal Affairs case file lays out a sequence of encounters in 2025, that led to the most serious allegations involving a female member of the Center for Health Care Services assigned to the SAPD’s mental‑health Crisis Outreach and Response (CORE) team.  On June 22, 2025, while responding to a crisis call at Chicken N Pickle on UTSA Boulevard, the member said De Los Santos fixated on her chest while they discussed their next course of action and only looked away when she lifted her notebook to block his gaze.  She reported feeling uncomfortable and later told investigators that his behavior was “inappropriate”.  Less than 24 hours later, at around 0630 hours on June 23, 2025, at SAFD Fire Station 28, the pair were playing cards during down time.  The member joked to De Los Santos, “Man, you suck at cards,” after winning a few rounds of Uno.  According to her statement, De Los Santos became angry and replied, “fuck you, bitch,” a remark she said he repeated in front of co‑workers and which she found threatening and unprofessional.

The next significant confrontation occurred around 0217 hours on August 5, 2025, again at Fire Station 28 after a mental‑health call.  The member said De Los Santos harshly criticized the way she had asked a suicidal person about self‑harm and told her, “Tonight was a failure.  You see [name redacted]; you can’t ask someone ‘do you feel like killing yourself?’ ” She recalled that he jumped out of his chair, raised his voice and demanded, “How many people have you talked to that actually killed themselves after you left?”  The member told investigators she felt increasingly intimidated as he stood over her with his hands on his belt, one hand near his gun, and asked, “Do you have anything to rebuttal?”  She continued typing notes to document the encounter and later described his demeanor as aggressive and unprofessional; according to the suspension order, De Los Santos belittled and intimidated her for about ten minutes.

Additional Reports from Colleagues

Officer De Los Santos faced other complaints from colleagues in 2024 and 2025 that extended beyond his interactions with the member.  On September 12, 2025, an SAPD officer filed a formal report alleging that he sexually harassed her while both were assigned to the Mental Health Unit sometime between October and November 2024.  She said she walked over to his cubicle to identify a call, and he turned toward her, looked down at her thigh and squeezed her right leg above the knee using his left hand.  The officer told investigators that he grunted and moaned and then asked, “You been working out,” a question she felt was sexual in nature.  In response, she warned him that if he touched her again he would have to explain to the sergeant why he had a black eye.  She perceived the contact as unwanted and inappropriate, and the Internal Affairs report classified it as sexual harassment.

Another allegation involved an off‑duty officer who said she received an unsolicited text message from De Los Santos at about 0015 hours on November 30, 2023.  The text read, “You like yo ass ate from the back?”  She told investigators she did not respond to the message but later confronted De Los Santos and told him not to send her inappropriate texts.  Internal Affairs included a screenshot of the message in the file, and the suspension order cited the comment as evidence that De Los Santos’ conduct did not conform to reasonable standards of good behavior and brought discredit upon the department.

Unwanted Messages and Physical Contact

In yet another complaint, another individual from the Center for Healthcare Services—told Internal Affairs that she first met De Los Santos at a training session and provided her phone number so they could coordinate work.  Beginning on June 27, and June 28, 2024, she said he started texting her.  Although some messages were initially work‑related, she told investigators that the texts quickly turned personal, with De Los Santos asking about her family’s residence and siblings.  Among the questions she saved for investigators were, “Do your parents still live there?” and “How many siblings do you have?” This individual said she felt these questions were intrusive and unprofessional, especially given that she had only just met him.

The individual also described two incidents at Fire Station 30, which took place sometime between July and August 2024.  During their first day working together, she said De Los Santos hugged her in a way that caught her off guard.  The next day, she reported that he hugged her again after waiting until everyone else had left the office.  She told investigators she was not expecting the second hug and perceived both embraces as inappropriate workplace behavior.  The suspension order cited De Los Santos’ unwanted physical contact and personal messages alongside his other comments to others as violations of departmental rules on professionalism and courtesy.  It further noted that after his removal from the department, it would be his responsibility—rather than the city’s—to maintain the training requirements for his peace‑officer license.

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