A San Antonio police officer is off the street and on indefinite suspension after multiple women came forward with workplace complaints about his behavior on duty. Officer Christopher De Los Santos has been sidelined since February, and his suspension is still in effect as the case moves through the city’s civil-service disciplinary process.
Disciplinary records reviewed for this reporting describe allegations that De Los Santos insulted and belittled a colleague, asked personal questions after encountering a woman while on the job, hugged a co-worker in a way she described as inappropriate, and in one instance allegedly sent a sexually explicit text message to a female officer. Those details appear in internal paperwork reviewed by KSAT, which also cites city records showing De Los Santos has been with the San Antonio Police Department since 2017.
City commission records flag suspension
The agenda for the city’s Fire Fighters’ and Police Officers’ Civil Service Commission lists an “indefinite suspension for Officer Christopher D. De Los Santos effective February 11, 2026,” according to the official meeting materials. That entry appears in the commission’s February packet, available through the city’s public meeting postings. The listing and links to the agenda documents are hosted on MotionCount.
How indefinite suspension works in Texas
Under Texas civil-service law, a police department head can place an officer on indefinite suspension, and that officer then has the right to appeal the discipline to the municipality’s Fire Fighters’ and Police Officers’ Civil Service Commission or request review by a hearing examiner. The procedures and appeal options for city police discipline are set out in Texas Local Government Code Chapter 143.
Another suspension in a turbulent year for SAPD
The De Los Santos case arrives amid a stream of suspension notices and internal affairs findings involving San Antonio officers that have surfaced in public records this year. Local investigative outlets have been steadily sifting through those files. KSAT Investigates has published numerous discipline records in recent months, and Hoodline has previously reported on other high-profile sanctions, including a cop sidelined over TikToks…