(Seguin) — Seguin Police Chief Jason Brady is the featured guest on this week’s Saturday Topic program on radio station KWED.
The Seguin PD has been in the news recently about a September 2025 traffic stop involving a 16-year-old boy.
The story has made the rounds on both social media and traditional news media outlets.
The case involved the teen and a male friend, who were riding an electric bike. It was late on a school night, and the teens were pulled over for running a stop sign. The boy tried to call his dad, and the officer told him to put his phone away, which he did. But the dad called back and the boy answered. The officer told him again to put his phone away and reached for it. The boy turned away from him, and when that happened, the officer took him down to the ground.
Chief Brady says he understands the optics of the situation, but he believes the officer followed policy and, contrary to what some have said, the officer did not slam him to the ground.
“That officer perceived that (phone) communication at that point would not only be distracting to him and to the individual, but potentially an opportunity to summon maybe more people to the scene than he was prepared to deal with at that moment. The technique he used was a straight arm bar takedown, and we utilize a lot of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and we utilize a lot of techniques that are designed to produce the minimal harm (and) to use the least amount of force, but still accomplish our goal. And that is one way to take somebody to the ground as opposed to slamming them or pulling their legs from under them or grabbing them by the head and jerking them down,” said Brady.
You can hear our full conversation with Chief Brady during our Saturday Topic program. We’ll not only talk more about that incident, but we’ll also take a more broad look at policing in Seguin and how the chief says his officers are working to keep the community safe.
The program airs at 8 a.m. Saturday on AM 1580 KWED, with a livestream available at seguintoday.com. You can also listen live to the radio station on any Alexa-enabled device by saying, “Alexa, play KWED Radio.”