Head of U.S. Air Force's anti-sexual assault unit arrested for sexual battery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The officer in charge of a program to curb sexual assault in the U.S. Air Force was arrested over the weekend for allegedly grabbing a woman by the breasts and buttocks in a parking lot not far from the Pentagon, officials said on Monday. Krusinski, the head of the Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, was removed from his job pending an investigation on Monday. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel later spoke to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley about the incident, expressing "outrage and disgust over the troubling allegations" and emphasizing "that this matter will be dealt with swiftly and decisively," Pentagon spokesman George Little said. "Sexual assault has no place in the United States military," Little said. The American people, including our service members, should expect a culture of absolutely no tolerance for this deplorable behavior. An Arlington County Police spokesman said Krusinski, who was under the influence of alcohol, grabbed the woman by the breasts and buttocks in a parking lot. She fended him off, and when he tried to grab her again, she called the police, who arrived shortly thereafter and detained him, the spokesman said. Krusinski posted a $5,000 bond and was released from the Arlington County Detention Facility, said the spokesman, who confirmed Krusinski's name and arrest but did not have his rank or title with the Air Force. The Air Force confirmed Krusinski was a lieutenant colonel in charge of the office responsible for overseeing the service's sexual assault policy and developing prevention and response programs. Independent groups pushing the Pentagon to deal effectively with sexual assault expressed shock over the incident. "If these allegations are true, this is one more example on a long list of how fundamentally broken the military justice system and culture are," said Nancy Parrish, president of the Protect Our Defenders advocacy group. "The idea that the head of the Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office could be arrested for sexual assault indicates the depth of the problem," she added. It's outrageous. A total of 3,192 cases were reported in the fiscal year that ended September 30, 2011, a 1 percent increase from the previous fiscal year, according to last year's report. That case has prompted Hagel to recommend that Congress alter the military justice system to limit the ability of a military commander to throw out court-martial verdicts. Little said in a statement that Hagel has been directing Pentagon leadership to increase their focus on sexual assault prevention. He said Hagel would soon announce the next step in the department's effort to combat the crime. Reporting By David Alexander; Editing by Paul Simao and Philip Barbara