San Antonio Police Officer Who Retaliated With Feces Will Not Get His Job Back
A former San Antonio police officer who made national news after giving a homeless man a sandwich with dog feces in it will not be getting his job back. On Friday, an arbitrator upheld police Chief William McManus’ decision to fire the officer.
Former Officer Matthew Luckhurst was fired or indefinitely suspended by McManus in 2016 after police found out about the feces sandwich incident. But because the officer wasn’t disciplined within 180 days, he got his job back through arbitration.
According to state law, police officers are granted a disciplinary blank slate every 180 days. By the time police learned about the feces sandwich and disciplined Luckhurst, the window to do so was legally over.
But when Luckhurst’s firing was essentially reversed, he still had to hold out on returning to the police force because of another 2016 incident.
Read more: https://www.tpr.org/post/san-antonio-police-officer-who-retaliated-feces-will-not-get-his-job-back
