A San Antonio police detective spent so much on-duty time at one East Side home that Internal Affairs stepped in and benched him for a month, according to newly released disciplinary records.
Detective Aaron Jolley, assigned to the East patrol area, was suspended for 30 days after internal investigators concluded he repeatedly visited a woman's East Side home while on duty and delayed responding to crime scenes. The disciplinary probe, triggered by a citizen tip, relied on vehicle-location data from March through August 2025. The findings were made public this week after the department released the file.
Jolley agreed to the 30-day suspension in January. Disciplinary paperwork shows his patrol car was at the residence at least 27 times and that he failed to mark himself back "in service" after calls until arriving at the woman's home, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
In a written response included in the file, Jolley said he had befriended the resident "a number of years ago." "Both of us talk to each other about personal and professional issues," he wrote, adding that he sometimes helped fix small items around the house. Investigators found Jolley was late to 45 crime scenes while at the woman's home, including a June call when he arrived up to an hour late and later claimed overtime that Internal Affairs flagged as questionable. The disciplinary record lists five separate rule violations and shows the suspension began Jan. 2 and ended March 3, 2026, per the documents reviewed by the San Antonio Express-News.
Internal Affairs' operational concerns
Internal Affairs noted Jolley ended his shifts at the woman's house 22 times while still in his patrol car, behavior that investigators said could limit other officers' access to the vehicle. A citizen complaint included an allegation that the detective displayed affectionate behavior at the residence, a detail recorded in the file. The department treated the matter as an administrative misconduct case rather than a criminal prosecution.
How this fits with other SAPD discipline
The Jolley case is one of several recent administrative actions that have surfaced in city discipline files. KSAT Investigates has documented multiple suspensions this winter for on-duty misconduct, use-of-force and pursuit violations, and cop yanks driver from car stories have been compiled from similar notices in released records.
Community and next steps
The disciplinary file makes clear the matter was handled administratively; it does not list criminal charges stemming from the visits. Residents who want to read the complete investigative records can request them from the city under public-records rules, and the department's internal-affairs files are the source of these discipline notices.
