Austin, Texas
Rumor has it that Austin, Texas is the home of ten-dollar blowjobs. And, for Austin police officer Manuel Garcia, he learned all about the hidden high costs that follow.
Garcia, fresh out of jail, is now standing in the unemployment line after being terminated on Friday. You see, Garcia was arrested back in February, when fellow officers caught him in a parked car with a known prostitute and drug-user. It happened at Fiesta Gardens, on the city’s east side and an area polluted with drugs and hookers.
Since his arrest on February 2, both the Special Investigations and the Internal Affairs units of the Austin Police Department have been investigating Garcia's case for criminal and policy violations.
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo released a memo regarding the termination of Manuel Garcia.
"In determining the appropriate discipline in this case, I took into consideration the fact that Officer Garcia's actions constitute criminal conduct, the serious nature of his policy violations, and the negative impact of Officer Garcia's conduct on the Austin Police Department and the City of Austin," said Chief Art Acevedo in the disciplinary memo.
According to the memo, police detained Garcia on Comal Street in February at 7:16 p.m.
Garcia was reportedly parked with Teresa Gail Little in a dark, unlit area of a parking lot. Garcia admitted to the arresting officers that he knew Little was a prostitute, but said he didn’t realize she used drugs.
Garcia told them he knew Little and had seen her several times -- adding that he has tried to help her out in the past through some hard times. That day in February, he told police he was taking her something to eat.
Little told police she knew Garcia as "Luis" and that they had "dated" several times. She went on to tell police that both had agreed she would perform oral sex for $10.
The officers contacted their superiors and shortly after arrested Garcia on the prostitution charge, a class B misdemeanor. Meanwhile, police arrested Little on warrants and took her to headquarters downtown to give a sworn statement about the details of the arrangement she had with Garcia.
During the stop, Garcia was allegedly dishonest with the officers in several aspects.
Garcia admitted to Internal Affairs about lying to the officers when he told them he was not currently working anywhere and that he did not have a weapon in his car, according to the memo.
"Officer Garcia's actions destroy public confidence in and respect for the Department and is prejudicial to the good order, efficiency or discipline of the Department," said Acevedo's memo. "Not only did Officer Garcia fail to tell the truth to Internal Affairs but Officer Garcia impugned the integrity of his fellow officers in an attempt to conceal, divert or mitigate his true culpability in the incident in further violation of APD's honesty policy."
I can certainly understand how Garcia didn’t know that Little used drugs, can’t you? And I know the area reportedly had poor lighting, but ugh!
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