DEPARTMENT: Police Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: William P. McManus, Chief of Police
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT: Update - CMAG/AAPC
SUMMARY:
In 2016, Bexar County notified the SAPD of its intent to assume control over the magistration process and to relocate central magistration to the County's Justice Intake & Assessment Center (JIAC) that was to be constructed within the existing County Jail complex. SAPD and Municipal Court officials met with the County several times through 2017 to review design plans and identified several capacity and custody transfer concerns that would significantly impact SAPD operations. As a result of the inability to adequately address the stated concerns, the City is in the process of transitioning the City's Central Magistration Facility to the Arrestee Administrative Processing Center (AAPC) to allow the City to magistrate City arrestees. The transition is designed to save officer time and create process efficiencies that will benefit officer and residents. The transition process was completed upon the County vacating the Frank Wing facility on December 17.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Current Operations
Annually, the CMAG processes all arrestees within Bexar County which totals approximately 65,000 each year of which nearly 65% are comprised of SAPD arrestees. The current CMAG facility accepts prisoners immediately upon entry into the facility and prior to the completion of the report-writing process which on average takes 1-3 hours to complete.
Over the last several months, there has been growing concern with the regularity with which arrestee commitments were being held by Bexar County beyond the 18 hour limit. An analysis conducted by SAPD Detention staff confirmed that during the period of August 2018 through September 2018 a total of 4,083 arrestees were transported to Bexar County Jail with over 80% held over the 18 hour limit, in violation of the ILA between the City and Bexar County. In r...
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