GREELEY — A 25-year-old Erie police officer has been arrested for investigation of unlawful sexual contact and attempted sexual assault of a young woman he had taken into custody.
The officer, Chad Aaron Broder, allegedly fondled an 18-year-old woman whom he arrested for violating a restraining order.
According to Greeley police spokesman Sgt. Joe Tymkowych, Broder handled the arrest differently from most, placing the cuffed hands of the woman in front of her and letting her ride in the front passenger seat of the police cruiser.
Tymkowych said it is standard procedure to place arrested individuals in the back seat and to cuff their hands behind them.
The incident occurred the night of Aug. 31 in the 2400 block of O Street in Greeley.
Tymkowych said that Broder purportedly started talking to the young woman and then started kissing and fondling her.
The woman said she rebuffed Broder.
