SAN ANTONIO A San Antonio Police Department officer who admitted to giving a homeless man a feces sandwich will not return to the force after a third-party arbitrator on Friday refused to overturn his indefinite suspension for an unrelated feces incident. Officer Matthew Luckhurst was terminated in 2016 after a department investigation determined that he placed feces in between slices of bread and gave it to a homeless man downtown while Luckhurst was on duty. Arbitration underway for SAPD officer who gave homeless man feces sandwichLuckhurst won his appeal for the feces sandwich incident in March 2019, after his legal representation was able to capitalize on a section of the local government code that prevents law enforcement agencies from disciplining an officer for conduct that occurred outside a 180-day window. Protesters in San Antonio in recent weeks, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, have called on the city to reform or even defund its police department. His attorney, Ben Sifuentes, argued that terminating Luckhurst for the prank was extreme and that a 2016 suspension of an SAPD officer for harassment of a female police explorer was a suitable baseline for this case.

Arbitration underway for SAPD officer who gave homeless man feces sandwichPublished: February 24, 2020, 6:08 pmArbitration started Monday for a San Antonio Police Department officer who is trying to get a second indefinite suspension overturned.