SAPD officer fired for racist, sexist barrage at funeral home director wins job back in arbitration

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A San Antonio Police Department officer fired last year for directing a racist and sexist tirade toward a funeral home director has won back his job, city officials confirmed Friday.

toward a funeral home director has won back his job, city officials confirmed Friday.

“The people that use that cemetery, that go to visit, they have just as much right there as somebody coming to a funeral,” Biegert said during the call. Powell testified last year she had never been treated this way during her more than 30 years of professional experience, despite routinely working with people who have recently lost loved ones.

Brehm during the hearing also pointed to past precedent within SAPD for officers involved in similar incidents, and said it would be more appropriate for Biegert to be suspended or to be reinstated from termination.

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