Austin Texas Drunk Driving Defense, Ken Gibson, Attorney at Law

In an Austin KXAN exclusive, we’ve learned APD disciplined a number of Austin cops last month for doing things the police chief calls either “inappropriate” or “dangerous.”

Austin Police are constantly asking you not speed or run red lights because something bad could happen.

According to police documents, Officer Darren Carver, driving a marked police car, was at the intersection of San Jacinto and 8th Street when he ran a red light causing a multi-car crash. Carver was not on his way to an emergency call. Read the rest of this entry »

A 17-year veteran Austin police officer was arrested Saturday and charged with aggravated assault after his colleagues said that while he was off duty Friday night, he threatened a man with a revolver during a disagreement about money invested in speculative stocks.

Officer Robert Jackson, 48, remained at the Travis County Jail on Saturday night. His bail was set at $50,000.

Jackson will be placed on restricted duty at home, with pay, pending the outcome of the criminal and Internal Affairs investigations, police said.

The second-degree felony carries a fine of up to $10,000 and up to 20 years in jail. The case will be presented to a grand jury by the Travis County district attorney’s office. Read the rest of this entry »

A Travis County grand jury indicted three Austin police officers, accusing them of punching and using stun guns on a handcuffed suspect after a September traffic accident.

Officers William Heilman (a former member of the Austin DWI Task Force), Christopher Gray and Joel Follmer each were indicted on a charge of official oppression, a class A misdemeanor that carries a maximum punishment of a year in jail. Gray and Follmer are on restricted duty — Gray since Oct. 7 and Follmer since Dec. 9, according to police records. They are being investigated by the department’s Internal Affairs Division. Read the rest of this entry »