DSABC President Jeremy Payne sat down with Texas Public Radio The Source to discuss Bexar County jail staffing and overtime issues. Click the button below to listen to the interview.  Listen Now

The problems of high turnover and overtime have plagued the Bexar County Jail for more than a decade, but officials say the concerns have reached a critical mass in the wake of a state crackdown on jail standards and staffing challenges posed by the pandemic. Finding...

Bexar County leaders bid farewell to two departing commissioners Tuesday and vowed to work to reduce jail overtime that the local deputies’ union said has put an unbearable strain on detention officers. Addressing commissioners during the public comment portion of the...

Re: Recognizing the Human Cost of Understaffing of Bexar Co. Sheriff’s Office Jails Dear Judge Wolff & Commissioners:Albert Einstein is widely credited with saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different...

A new study concludes that systematic under-staffing at the BCSO has had severe ramifications on deputies’ physical and mental health as well as costly financial and public safety repercussions for taxpayers. The report details extremely low morale, with...

Unless you are living it, you don’t know the incredible sense of helplessness felt by a Texas County Detention Officer as they clock into their workplace. It’s stressful, tense, loud, and smells like the blend of nursing home/gymnasium with the emphasis being on the...

Please show your support for Deputy Martinez and Deputy Alcantar by purchasing raffle tickets. Raffle tickets are available for purchase for $2.00 each. Drawing will be on November 16, 2020. 

Today at Commissioners Court, the DSABC was successful in getting approval for uniformed employees in the Sheriff's Office to carry over vacation hours (in excess of 240 hours) from FY2020 to FY2021. We're proud of our collaboration with the Court, and thank the...