SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio Park Police Department sergeant, who avoided being suspended after telling a racist joke while on duty, has left the department months after the KSAT 12 Defenders exposed the incident. The sergeant confronted Burns over the incident, records show. “I have never been and never will be okay with a joke like that,” the sergeant wrote in a statement provided to Park Police internal affairs. In November, Burns signed a written reprimand admitting that he showed poor judgment in sharing an inappropriate joke, records show. Records about Burns' racist joke were provided to the Defenders earlier this year by a source who believed the information should be public.

SAN ANTONIO A sergeant with the San Antonio Park Police Department avoided being suspended and instead received a written reprimand late last year after he admitted telling a racist joke while on duty, according to records obtained to the KSAT 12 Defenders. Floyds death has sparked nationwide protests and calls for reforming or even defunding police departments, including in San Antonio. Records about Burns racist joke were provided to KSAT12 Defenders by a source who believed the information should be public. The Defenders made several requests to interview San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg for this story. In San Antonio, police officers who were fired ultimately were granted reinstatement in 67.5% of cases in the last decade, according to data obtained by KSAT under public information law.