SAVANNAH, GA -
A Savannah-Chatham Metro Police officer is on leave after a domestic dispute early Tuesday morning.
26-year-old Chassity Johanson is also facing misdemeanor simple battery charges.
Police tell WSAV that Johanson got into an argument with her husband, a Garden City police officer, about 4 am Tuesday. During the incident she hit him, police told WSAV-TV.
Johanson is a two year veteran of the force stationed at the West Chatham Precinct.
Johanson, who attended the University of Tampa, appears to be a member of the US Army and was commissioned in 2009 as a lieutenant, according to Facebook.
Johanson is on paid leave while the incident is investigated.
A police spokeswoman told the Savannah Morning News that Johanson was charged as the primary aggressor. Johanson's husband was not charged in the incident.