Botched investigation leads to suspensions for 4 SAPD officers, records show
Records: Officers forced way into hotel room without warrant
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San Antonio police officers were suspended for forcibly entering a Oyo Hotel room. (KSAT)
SAN ANTONIO – Four San Antonio police officers who forcibly entered a West Side hotel room last year while searching for a wanted person were suspended in January, according to SAPD suspension records.
The records, recently obtained by KSAT 12 News three months after they were requested through public information laws, showed that Officers Christopher Copeland, Fidel Ocegueda, Hector Ybarra and Nicholas M. Rodgers were disciplined in connection with an incident on Aug. 4 at the OYO Hotel located at US Highway 90. Copeland was suspended for two days, while the other officers were suspended for one, records showed.