GREEN BAY - Green Bay Packers veteran wide receiver Donald Driver returned to practice Friday after missing two days to travel to Houston to see his father, who the family says was beaten by police early Monday morning. "I'm doing fine," said Driver, who visited his father Thursday before flying back to Green Bay. "I sat down with my dad and talked to my dad the last couple days, and I was just trying to get an understanding of exactly what happened, and we seemed to get that understanding. "I just wanted to see my dad, just to make sure he was OK. And when I got down there, he was doing fine. He's a tough cookie. He had a smile on his face when I left. He told me to get back to work, so I had to go back to work." Three Houston police officers under investigation for allegedly beating of Marvin Driver Jr. have been taken off patrol duty, officials said Friday. Marvin Driver, 56, was arrested early Monday for outstanding traffic warrants but claims officers beat him before taking him to jail. He remained in good condition Friday at Memorial Hermann Hospital. Donald Driver said he didn't know the three officers had been taken off the streets -- "I've been at practice, I haven't heard anything," he said when told by reporters -- but said he is communicating with the Houston police internal affairs division about the case. "When they find out something, they'll let me know," Driver said. "I have a job to do, plain and simple. I knew I had to come back to work. I just wanted to make sure everything was OK before I left town, and he was doing fine. Packers coach Mike McCarthy spent much of the individual drills part of practice talking with Driver on the sideline. "It was great to have him back. I think he feels better since he had a chance to get down there and visit with everybody," said McCarthy, who expects Driver to play in Monday night's game at New Orleans. "Donald is very positive-minded. He seems in very good spirits." The decision to remove the officers from patrol duty was welcomed by Marvin Driver Jr.'s family members, who said they now want the officers fired and brought up on charges. "We just want justice," Michael Driver, Marvin Driver's son, said after a news conference Friday outside his father's home. Officers Bacilio Guzman, Gilberto Cruz and M. Marin have been reassigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of an investigation, Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt said in a statement. Hurtt said he made his decision after receiving a preliminary briefing late Thursday. "We take allegations such as these very seriously and will conduct a thorough investigation into the matter and be transparent in our findings, whatever the conclusion," Hurtt said. Houston police spokesman Victor Senties said he did not know how long the investigation would take to complete. Family members say Marvin Driver was arrested early Monday morning outside his mother's home, where he also lives, for outstanding traffic warrants. But before arriving at a Houston jail, they say, he was taken to a gas station where he was beaten by at least two officers and had something forced down his throat. Marvin Driver's family initially said he was only able to communicate with them through handwritten notes. Michael Driver, 26, said his father, who earlier in the week had been in critical condition, was in good condition on Friday and his health was improving. Doctors have told family members that the injuries were the result of blunt force trauma and that he suffered head injuries and has bruises in his abdomen area from being kneed to the stomach, Michael Driver said. Hurtt said investigators are awaiting medical reports on Marvin Driver to determine what injuries he sustained. In his statement, Hurtt said that Marvin Driver, after being arrested during a traffic stop at about 1:30 a.m. Monday, was taken to a city jail. At the facility, a doctor found him unresponsive and he was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital. The Internal Affairs Division of the Houston Police Department is investigating the family's claims. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)