HELOTES, Texas – A veteran San Antonio Police Department detective has been suspended 15 days after he sent threatening text messages to his girlfriend and then pulled a gun outside a Helotes dance hall last fall, according to the discipline documentation obtained by KSAT Investigates.
Detective Kevin Landrum originally received a proposed 30-day suspension before it was shortened to 15 days late last month, records show.
While attending a concert at John T. Floore’s Country Store last October in Helotes, Landrum saw his girlfriend arrive with another man, records show.
During a brief exchange, Landrum told the man, “You don’t know who I am. You don’t know what I can do to you. You know, I have land. I have a backhoe and a lot of land,” disciplinary records state.
As Landrum later drove to Stetson Helotes, he texted his girlfriend, “I’m dealing with this piece of (expletive) right now,” records show.
The girlfriend then informed the man that Landrum would follow him wherever he went, records show.
In the second ballroom, Landrum told the man he knew people who would take care of him before repeating the backhoe and dirt comment, records show.
“I got something for you outside. I got something for you in the truck,” Landrum told the man, according to records.
Once outside the ballroom, Landrum said, “I’m tired of this, like I’m tired of your games. What’s going to happen is, I’m going to end up killing you and shooting (the man),” according to the records
Landrum then grabbed a handgun from the center console of his vehicle and, holding it with both hands, walked five to 10 feet toward the ballroom where the man was, records show.
Credit card receipts obtained by SAPD showed Landrum purchased six Michelob Ultra beers and seven bourbon drinks at the first ballroom. Landrum bought four whiskey drinks at the second ballroom, records show.
Both his girlfriend and the man told investigators that Landrum appeared intoxicated during his interactions with them, records show.
Landrum was suspended for violations of rules involving proper conduct, behavior and failure to report for duty.
He is a 24-year veteran of SAPD, city human resources records show.
Landrum is scheduled to serve his suspension from June 23 to July 7, records show.
KSAT found no record that Landrum was ever criminally charged. Helotes Police Department officials did not respond Thursday to an email from KSAT asking if the incidents prompted an investigation by their department.
Landrum’s suspension comes less than a year after two SAPD supervisors were suspended for their roles in a Helotes bar fight.
Lt. Angel Castello was suspended 15 days after an internal affairs investigation determined he violated the department’s rules on appropriate conduct and behavior.
Castello approached a fellow off-duty officer in a confrontational manner and had to be told to back up by a Helotes police officer, according to disciplinary documents.
Sgt. Paul Rodríguez was suspended 20 days for rule violations, including acts that showed a lack of good moral character.
Rodriguez was accused of hitting a woman in the head during the fight, breaking her glasses and throwing her to the ground, SAPD internal affairs records and Helotes PD records showed.
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