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Houston police officer arrested on DWI charge when picking up child at school

A Houston police officer was charged with DWI while picking up his child from school.

CYPRESS, Texas — A Houston police officer was arrested Thursday on a DWI charge after he picked up his child at school, KTRK reported.

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According to school officials, Officer Artie Weathers showed up at Ault Elementary School in Cypress, Texas, on Wednesday and was visibly intoxicated.

School officials called Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District police, who took Weathers into custody and charged him with DWI, the television station reported.

Weathers bonded out of jail.

In a statement, the school district confirmed that “an intoxicated parent arrived on campus to pick up a child.”