Search for: "AMANDA CULBERTSON" Results 1 - 13 of 13
Sorted by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
19 Dec 2012, 9:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reported the Chron ("Former HPD crime lab supervisors file retaliation lawsuit," Dec. 17):Two former Houston Police Department crime lab supervisors have filed a federal lawsuit against Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos, saying the county's top prosecutor retaliated against them after they spoke out about problems with HPD's breath-alcohol testing vans.The lawsuit, filed Monday, was brought against Lykos, prosecutor Rachel Palmer and Harris County by Amanda Culbertson and… [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 9:18 am by Bobak Ha'Eri
Amanda Culbertson, a technical supervisor at the HPD Crime Lab, noticed that the the mobile breathalyzer machines (known as BAT vans) she oversaw had maintenance issues that were leading to unreliable test results—potentially jeopardizing numerous DWI cases where they were used. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 9:07 am by admin
“We could no longer choose between a paycheck and our integrity,” said Amanda Culbertson at the hearing. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 11:21 am by Jeff Gamso
  But damned if Amanda Culbertson didn't have a bout of integrity. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 12:21 pm by Lawrence Taylor
Amanda Culbertson worked for HPD for four and a half years as one of the supervisors overseeing mobile breathalyzer machines known as the BAT vans. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 7:32 pm by Dan Koewler
Meanwhile in Minnesota, we await someone like Amanda Culbertson to step forward…. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 7:32 pm by Dan Koewler
Meanwhile in Minnesota, we await someone like Amanda Culbertson to step forward…. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 1:45 pm by admin
The lab just happened to have hired Culbertson, who had resigned her HPD position. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 4:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For whatever reason, when flawed forensics are exposed the case is seldom as simple as the science.In the Harris County B.A.T. van case, the Houston Chronicle today reports that DA Pat Lykos herself has been called to testify before a grand jury that's apparently investigating Brady violations (withholding exculpatory evidence) in addition to retaliatory termination regarding whistleblower Amanda Culbertson who exposed flawed forensics on mobile DWI testing units. [read post]
18 Sep 2011, 7:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
  say evidence in DWI cases they are handling could have been compromised because of the problems with the vehicles.During the testimony in July, the former HPD lab supervisor, Amanda Culbertson, said the breath alcohol testing vehicles, also known as BAT vans, incurred such electrical problems as overheating. [read post]
23 Oct 2011, 4:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But Chronicle editorial writers could have tagged the same title onto a series of nascent stories about an apparently rogue grand jury that may be investigating misconduct in the firing of former Houston crime lab supervisor Amanda Culbertson after she identified flaws in breathalyzer systems used in mobile blood alcohol testing units, colloquially known as B.A.T. vans.Grand jury may be targeting DA in HPD van probe"Retaliation, contracts and the DAHarris County DA's… [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 1:01 pm by Michael Lowe
HPD Crime Lab Tech Supervisors Quit Over BAT Van Problems Or read the testimony from this past summer, when former Houston Police Department Crime Lab worker Amanda Culbertson testified under oath that she – along with TWO OTHER technical supervisors quit their jobs (in THIS ECONOMY) because no one was respecting their complaints about serious problems with the BAT vans and their Breathalyzer results. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 9:11 am by Lawrence Taylor
Whether it’s a civil law by retaliating on Amanda Culbertson or the criminal law of official oppression, I will let the grand jury make that determination," Lewis said. [read post]