SAN ANTONIO – A veteran San Antonio Police Department sergeant was fired for submitting inaccurate employee time forms after she reported concerns about a lieutenant’s conduct toward female employees, internal records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
The sequence of events that culminated with the February indefinite suspension of Sgt. Kelly Bender is now at the center of a federal retaliation complaint.
A monthslong KSAT Investigates review of disciplinary records, internal complaints and civil service appeal documents found the investigation leading to Bender’s firing began after she raised concerns about the workplace conduct of then-Lt. John Zuniga…