The aggressive approach to combat truancy came weeks after Karnes County Attorney Dillingham had pledged to do that very thing, stating in a Facebook video posted that August that she would prosecute parents and their children if the students reached 10 absences.

Law enforcement agencies around the San Antonio area have taken in close to $10 million in excess military equipment, a KSAT Investigates analysis of the controversial federal program found.

San Antonio police officers took more than 15,700 guns off the streets the past four years, an analysis of data by the KSAT 12 Defenders shows.