SAPD Budget

Human rights experts and police reform advocates criticized the department's participation in the competition because they participated alongside human rights abusers. Recently released records showed how much SAPD paid officers while they were in Dubai.

San Antonio’s police budget for 2024 will increase 8% to $570 million and add the largest number of police officers seen in a single year. However, scrutiny has come over where some of that spending is going amid calls for more support for mental health calls.