SAPD Officer Arrested

A San Angelo Police Department officer was recently arrested for allegedly failing to “meet the mandated reporting standards related to suspected child abuse,” according to the SAPD. The SAPD stated that “a supervisor with the San Angelo Police Department identified a concerning incident while reviewing body camera footage” on March 26, with the footage allegedly revealing that an officer, identified as Rodrigo Hernandez, “had failed to meet the mandated reporting standards related to suspected child abuse.” An internal investigation into the incident was “immediately initiated.” The Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office was also requested to conduct a criminal investigation “due to the serious nature of the allegation — specifically, gross negligence in failing to report suspected child abuse.”