Brian Reyes

About Brian Reyes

Brian Reyes of San Antonio, Texas, is a City Councilman in Garden Ridge and Captain of the San Antonio Police Department, where he has over 20 years of dedicated service in multiple public service roles. As a proactive leader, Reyes is known for bringing a visionary approach to preventing crime and protecting public safety by applying community-oriented policing and consistently fostering team morale and unity. Brian holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master’s, and a Doctorate degree in Criminal Justice from Texas State University. He is pursuing an MBA from the University of Texas at San Antonio to further enhance his qualifications and commitment to professional growth and community service.

Reyes’s dedication to public service is unwavering. He has risen through the ranks from Police Officer to Detective to Sergeant to Lieutenant to Captain while pursuing higher education goals and serving in Place 5 on the Garden Ridge City Council. Brian is recognized as a community leader who enthusiastically shares his modern leadership practices within public service. As a city council member, he has been instrumental in negotiating city budgets, evaluating contracts and bids for city projects, and fostering public engagement to reflect the needs of our community. 

Reyes applies his expertise in analyzing public service policies and collaborating with government officials to promote a transparent relationship with the public. He has been equally effective in high-pressure environments, balancing diverse priorities while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships to align organizational objectives with community needs. Throughout his career, Reyes has honed a results-driven approach to police leadership and community service, integrating his business and academic background to foster effective and transparent management practices. 

Brian’s leadership roles, including his current position as a City Councilman and as a Commander in the San Antonio Police Department, reflect his influence and impact on public safety and governance. Brian also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas State University and other Texas universities.

Brian Reyes, a native of San Antonio, TX, has always been fascinated by psychology. This interest led him to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. However, his professional life took a pivotal turn when he joined the San Antonio Police Department as a Police Patrol Officer in 2001. He quickly rose through the ranks while continuing to pursue higher education with a focus on criminal justice at Texas State University, where he received his Master’s in Criminal Justice. Brian’s background and interests have always influenced his professional choices, and he believes that the executive levels of the criminal justice system are where he can make a greater impact on the community.

In 2005, Reyes was promoted to higher ranks as an Investigative Detective in several units, including Homicide and Property Crimes. His early success was instrumental in many departmental promotions that offered greater responsibility to the public and the rank and file. By 2009, Brian had successfully served in the San Antonio Police Department as a Patrol Sergeant, then Lieutenant, followed by a stint as an Internal Affairs Commander from 2016 to 2018. He continued to pursue higher education goals, earning his PhD in Criminal Justice from Texas State University.

During this same period, Brian began applying his criminal justice knowledge and field experience to train the next generation of criminal justice servants as a Training Academy Commander to improve leadership development across departments by supervising the leadership program from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). He also became associated with several highly visible Texas universities as an Adjunct Professor, where he still teaches numerous criminal justice courses, including several classes in Leadership and Management at the graduate level.