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SAPD DURING THE 1970s
| 1970: | * POPULATION of San Antonio = 654,153 |
| 1970: | * SAPD = 906 Sworn Officers |
| 1970: | * 09/04/70: Death of Guadalupe Martinez |
| 1971: | * Helicopter Unit begins (as joint operation with Bexar Co.) |
| 1971: | * Emil E. Peters becomes Chief of Police (10/02/71) |
| 1972: | * Additions begin to Police HQ Bldg. (completed 1973) |
| 1972: | * 05/18/72: Death of Antonio Canales |
| 1973: | * Regional Crime Lab established as unit of SAPD |
| 1973: | * Use of radar to monitor traffic |
| 1973: | * Collective bargaining begins |
| 1973: | * 01/14/73: Death of George Jacobs |
| 1973: | * 06/30/73: Death of Russell Spannagael |
| 1974: | * Began issuing portable radios to officers |
| 1974: | * Began CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch); Computer access to NCIC and TCIC. |
| 1974: | * 06/27/74: Death of Harry Brackman |
| 1974: | * Neighborhood Watch Program begins. |
| 1974: | * Police Explorer Scout Troops active. |
| 1975: | * SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics Unit) created |
| 1975: | * SAPD Helicopter Unit established. |
| 1975: | * 07/01/75: Death of James E. Anderson. * 09/13/75: Deaths of James Bennett, Jr. and George Copeland III. |
| 1976: | * Second Mobile Crime Lab added |
| 1977: | * Emergency 911 service approved (operational in 1979).. |
| 1977: | * SAPD purchases new Hughes 369-H Helicopter |
| 1977: | * 08/13/77: Death of Eloy Gonzales |
| 1978: | * First full substation established: West (on Culebra) |
1970s : IN MEMORYFor a list of SAPD Officers Killed in the Line of Duty During the 1970s, Please click here |
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