Unprecedented security measures for Mayor Jones as SAPD officers ordered to guard her home overnight

SAN ANTONIO – Earlier this summer, San Antonio police officers began to provide Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones after-hours security at her home, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

The security measures, unprecedented for a San Antonio mayor, were put in place after a man was accused of posting a threat against Jones on social media back in August.

Multiple SAPD sources, who spoke with KSAT Investigates on the condition of anonymity, said the department provided Jones a ballistic vest at her request, shortly after she was elected mayor in June…

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