By Police1 Staff
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police have fired an officer for giving a homeless man a fecal sandwich.
The incident was reported back in May when Officer Matthew Luckhurst, a five-year veteran of the force, bragged to a colleague that he made a fecal sandwich, put it in a styrofoam container and set it next to a homeless man, KSAT 12 reported.
Officials told the station the officer told Luckhurst to go throw the sandwich away. Police are still searching for the unidentified homeless man.
An investigation was launched when internal affairs was notified in July after another officer reported Luckhurst’s actions, according to the publication.
The case was presented to civilian and sworn review boards in October. They recommended Luckhurst be placed on indefinite suspension.
“This was a vile and disgusting act that violates our guiding principles of ‘treating all with integrity, compassion, fairness and respect,’” Police Chief William McManus said in a statement. “The fact that his fellow officers were so disgusted with his actions that they reported him to internal affairs demonstrates that this type of behavior will never be tolerated.”