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California Drunk driving charge for cop

An off-duty lieutenant with the Alameda County Sheriffs Office has been charged with DUI after driving the wrong way down Mountain House Parkway, police said.

Lt. Kerry Jackson, who has spent nearly 20 years with Alameda County and currently works in the planning and research section, was first spotted at a turn signal near Mountain House Parkway and Mascot Boulevard shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sept. 9 by a San Joaquin County Sheriffs deputy, according to police.

He was reportedly on his way home, in eastern Contra Costa County, after spending Saturday evening at a Livermore winery where Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern was celebrating his 50th birthday, law enforcement officials said.

It was unclear if he made any stops between leaving the party and his eventual citation.

Sheriff Ahern called it an unfortunate incident.

It will be handled by the local law enforcement agency, Ahern said through a spokesman. Jackson is going to have to face the consequences of the court system likeanybody else and, additionally, hes also going to be subject to an internal affairs investigation.

After the signal light changed, Jackson, who was driving a 2000 Ford Explorer, turned north onto Mountain House Parkway, but he was traveling in the southbound lanes and quickly pulled over, police said.

The California Highway Patrol was summoned to investigate a possible California DUI / driving under the influence.

Following field examinations, Jackson was cited on California DUI / suspicion of driving under the influence and driving with blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent or more, both misdemeanors, according to a CHP investigator.

If convicted, Jackson faces a suspension of his drivers license, a fine and possible jail time or probation.