Tag: assaulting a police officer
Cop pepper sprays driver as traffic stop turns violent
(CNS): A police officer was assaulted and deployed his pepper spray in the early hours of Tuesday morning when a traffic stop turned violent. According to the RCIPS, shortly before 1:00am on Tuesday, 3 September, a police officer conducting a vehicle stop on Bodden Town Road asked a driver for his identification and vehicle documents.
Carnival goes off safely with only four arrests
(CNS): Police said the carnival weekend passed relatively safely this year, and officers made only four arrests on Saturday during the festivities. The RCIPS said that even though the events were busy and well attended, there were very few incidents. Officers responded to just two incidents over the course of the day. The first arrests […]
RCIPS officers face increasing violence
(CNS): Over the last two weeks, the police have recorded an increase in the number of assaults they have sustained in the course of their work. The RCIPS said officers had been assaulted by members of the public while responding to various calls for service, from the beach to private homes.
Man charged after breaching protection order
(CNS): A 29-year-old man from Bodden Town, has been charged with assault ABH, threats to kill, wrongful confinement, damage to property, two counts of assaulting police, attempting to escape lawful custody and two counts of breaching a protection order. The charges relate to a series of domestic assaults that took place over a four-day period […]
Bracker faces list of charges over angry rampage
(CNS): Geoff Scott (24) appeared in court Wednesday facing eight charges in relation to what has been described on social media as an angry rampage at the family home in Cayman Brac at the weekend. Scott was arrested on Sunday after an altercation with a man understood to be his brother. His is charged with […]
Fleeing driver faces long list of charges
(CNS): A 25-year-old man from Bodden Town was expected in court Thursday facing a long list of offences, including assaulting a police officer, after he left the scene of a road crash last week. In addition to the assault, he has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident, careless driving, use of an […]
Distressed woman accused of assaulting cop
(CNS): A woman who was being transported to the hospital in a police vehicle assaulting one of the officers en route after breaching the vehicle’s divider, according to an RCIPS press release. The police had responded to a call on Eastern Avenue, near Godfrey Nixon Way, where a woman was found to be in distress […]
Cops pepper spray man resisting arrest
(CNS): RCIPS officers used oleoresin capsicum (OC), aka pepper spray, on a 21-year-old man who resisted arrest at around 10pm on Sunday night. Responding to a report of suspicious activity on Ashgo Street in George Town, the officers approached three young men, one of whom was a juvenile, who were standing near to a vehicle. […]
Police struggle with distressed woman
(CNS): Police struggled to deal with a woman who was intoxicated and appeared to be suffering with significant mental health issues on Saturday, following a report that she was throwing rocks at traffic on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway. When police officers in uniform arrived at the scene close to SafeHaven at around 11pm, the woman […]
Cops attacked with pepper spray
(CNS) UPDATED: Police have now revealed that the George Town man they are looking for who threatened officers with a machete and attacked them with pepper spray on Wednesday is Simon Julio Newball (43). Police are now asking the public to help police track him down.
Cops assaulted responding to domestic call
(CNS): A police officer was assaulted early Thursday morning after responding to a domestic violence call out. The incident happened at around 2am on 23 April when officers went to the scene of a disturbance at a George Town address between a man and a woman who are known to each other. Once at the scene police […]
