The Williamson County Sheriff and the Williamson County Deputies Association say something has to be done or they will have to call in state assistance.
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TXDOT, first responders ask people to stay off the roads this weekend
By Carissa Lehmkuhl
Avoiding travel for the next few days is highly recommended.
AUSTIN, Texas - As a winter storm approaches Central Texas, those patrolling the roads are asking people to stay home this holiday weekend. Today is just the first day of what looks like a three to four day event, said Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell in a virtual update Saturday morning. In Wilco, we are preparing for blizzard conditions, and those aren t words I’ve ever heard in my lifetime in Wilco, and we need the public s help, we need the public to stay at home so our first responders can do their job.
Williamson County Sheriff Mike Gleason has rehired an indicted deputy accused of using excessive force on a 30-year-old woman in 2019.
Deputy Christopher Pisa, 25, faces charges of assault and official oppression. Pisa, who had resigned last year, is now working in an administrative position and is not on patrol, Gleason said Friday.
The hiring comes as Gleason has said that he is trying to reboot an agency that has faced intense public scrutiny over how deputies used force and other controversial tactics under the administration of former Sheriff Robert Chody.
Authorities have not released an account of what happened during the April 2019 incident with Imani Nembhard.