What a waste

U.S. police officer avoids dismissal for sandwich incident

What a waste
An arbitrator has overturned the dismissal of a San Antonio police officer. Philip Lange/Shutterstock

SAN ANTONIO — It happened more than two years ago, but is still hard to forget: A San Antonio officer was accused of trying to give a homeless man a sandwich containing dog feces.

Matthew Luckhurst told another police officer what he did, and he was reported to supervisors. It was a “vile and disgusting act,” said police chief William McManus.

The offending officer was subsequently fired but an arbitrator later overturned the dismissal, saying Luckhurst wasn’t punished within the required 180 days of the alleged incident.

The arbitrator also cited a lack of evidence that it happened at all.

Luckhurst remains on an indefinite suspension for another incident involving feces — after bragging he and another officer left a mess in a women’s washroom.

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