The unions representing parks and airport police officers are demanding $25 million in a years-long legal battle against the city of San Antonio after failing to reach an out-of-court settlement.
The unions filed suit in 2019, arguing the city didn’t treat park and airport police as members of the San Antonio Police Department. They are seeking pay equity and collective bargaining rights like SAPD officers have.
The city of San Antonio has tried, and failed, three times to have the case thrown out, claiming it had governmental immunity that protected it from the lawsuit…