SAPOA says a police contract deal before May 1 election is unlikely SAPOA says a police contract deal before May 1 election is unlikely “It was a slim window that we may be able to get into. And so, it doesn’t look like we’ll make that window. " Tags: SAN ANTONIO – Though police contract talks continue to move forward, the chairman of the police union’s negotiating team says it’s unlikely the city and union will reach a deal before the May 1 city election. “Probably not,” Sgt. Christopher Lutton told KSAT, when asked after a bargaining session on Friday. “I mean, we talked about it at the beginning, right? It was a slim window that we may be able to get into. And so, it doesn’t look like we’ll make that window.”