According to a Eureka police report provided Friday to the Post-Dispatch, Eureka Officer Matthew Gough saw Bissonnette standing next to a black Dodge Durango parked in the Walgreens lot.

"I exited my patrol car and asked Bissonnette to step away from the vehicle," wrote Officer Matthew Gough. "As he turned toward me, I observed the zipper of his pants to be unzipped and his genitalia to be exposed."

Under questioning, Bissonnette told police he began exposing himself in November 2016 "by accident" after using a restroom at a liquor store in Eureka, the report says. Bissonnette said exposing himself provided an "adrenaline rush" that "he had been missing from his days in the Army."

According to Gough's report, Bissonnette said he previously had "anger issues" for which he has had counseling, adding that "since he began to expose himself, he seems to have had better control of his anger."

Bissonnette, 48, lives in the 5300 block of Mirasol Manor Way south of Eureka, charges say. His lawyer, Richard Lozano, could not be reached for comment.

A spokeswoman for the sanctuary provided a statement saying its board decided Friday to suspend Bissonnette.