City Manager Sheryl Sculley announced on Thursday that five finalists have been selected to replace former Chief William McManus as San Antonio’s top cop.
The five finalists are:
-Anthony Treviño, Interim Chief of Police, San Antonio
-Art Acevedo, Chief of Police, Austin
-Malik Aziz, Deputy Chief of Police, Dallas
-Albert Salinas, Deputy Chief of Police, Las Vegas
-Roberto Villaseñor, Chief of Police, Tucson
Treviño, McManus’ former chief of staff, has served as interim chief since December of 2014. A group of Latino community advocates rallied in July for Sculley to remove the “interim” tag.
The finalists emerged from a pool of over 60 applicants. The five remaining candidates will now go through a final round of interviews with Sculley and a panel of community organizations.
Sculley will select a candidate for the job by the end of August. City Council will likely confirm the candidate in September.
This article appears in The Coffee Issue 2015.