A St. Louis police officer has been placed under investigation after he reportedly called the employer of a woman who criticized the police during the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
The department announced on Thursday that officer Keith Novara was being investigated after the woman, real estate agent Leigh Maibes, alleged he had tried to get her fired for comments she posted to Twitter, according to the newspaper.
After the officer allegedly called the woman’s bosses to inform them of the social media activity, the woman apparently called Novara and recorded the conversation, which she posted to social media on Wednesday.
In the recording, the officer reportedly confirmed he had called Maibes’ employers to let them know about her social media activity.
“To me this feels like intimidation,” Maibes said in the recording.
Novara maintained he was simply giving her employer a “heads up” while acting in his capacity as a police officer.
The Post-Dispatch reported that Novara’s actions were under investigation but he had not been suspended.