Bodycam footage review leads to suspension for SAPD officer. Here’s what happened.

SAN ANTONIO — An officer with the San Antonio Police Department received a 15-day suspension for a 2024 incident centered on the mistreatment of a detainee, disciplinary records show.

According to agency documents, SAPD Officer Michael E. McCaffety was initially served a 30-day suspension that was subsequently reduced to 15 days.

On the morning of Aug. 17, 2024, McCaffety and another officer responded to a call for a rape-in-progress on Northwest 24th and West Martin Street, on San Antonio’s west side. Upon arriving, records say, the officers conducted an investigative stop of a vehicle and took the driver into custody…

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