:strip_exif(true):strip_icc(true):no_upscale(true):quality(65)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-gmg.s3.amazonaws.com/public/LRWRHC5ZKFATVG4DJY6PJVEP6U.jpg)
‘I can tell you need a hug’: SAPD officer suspended after harassing woman filing report
SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio police officer was suspended without pay for 25 days after he harassed a woman while taking her report, according to documents obtained by KSAT 12 News. Officer Mathew Nowak was initially given a 30-day suspension, but the discipline was reduced after he appealed the decision, the suspension records showed. As soon as the officer walked her into a small office at the station, the woman said Nowak told her, “I can tell you need a hug,” and hugged her without her permission. While asking the woman about her ex-husband’s infidelity, Nowak commented on the woman’s breasts and backside, according to the suspension document. Nowak was one of nine officers suspended in February, San Antonio police records showed: