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San Antonio police officer suspended for skipping work to play in basketball tourney

The annual tournament is organized by the city's police union.

By Michael Karlis on Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 2:44 pm

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SAPD Officer John Paul McDonald was suspended for three days without pay for violating department rules on faking an illness or injury.

A San Antonio police officer was suspended last month on accusations that he called in sick so he could play in the police union's annual basketball tournament, according to disciplinary records obtained by the Current.

Paperwork shows that San Antonio Police Department Officer John Paul McDonald, a four-year veteran, called in sick on July 22. However, his superiors conducted a check at the tournament that afternoon.

“Officer McDonald was at the tournament and was actively playing basketball and clearly not sick,” the records state.

SAPD issued McDonald a three-day suspension for violating department rules prohibiting officers from faking illness or injury to get out of work, according to the report. He served the suspension Sept. 19-21.

The disciplinary records don't say how well McDonald performed at the tournament.

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Michael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., whose work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Orlando Weekly, NewsBreak, 420 Magazine and Mexico Travel Today. He reports primarily on breaking news, politics...