Tag: outstanding warrants
Cop injured and suspect tasered during arrest
(CNS): A 41-year-old man from Bodden Town who was wanted for theft offences and outstanding warrants was arrested on Saturday night after police chased and tasered him. One police officer was injured during the pursuit, in which the man climbed onto a roof in Central George Town as he tried to evade the police. The […]
Cops round up traffic ticket dodgers in raid
(CNS): Police in the Eastern Districts conducted a coordinated raid last Wednesday and rounded up 17 people over 20 outstanding warrants, largely related to unpaid traffic tickets or fines. The RCIPS said it has just under 200 active warrants still to be executed. Around 70 are related to residents in George Town, another 60 in […]
RCIPS opens internal probe into arrest
(CNS): The police have confirmed that they are conducting an internal inquiry after video footage was posted on social media Thursday, in connection with an arrest on an outstanding warrant. The heavily pregnant woman posted the video on social media and it was re-posted numerous times after she accused officers of using a heavy-handed approach […]
Police arrest dozens over outstanding warrants
(CNS): Senior RCIPS officers are urging members of the public with outstanding warrants and unpaid fines to deal with their court business before they are arrested. The warning comes after officers made dozens of arrests last week during a warrant operation. Between 6am and 2pm on Thursday, officers executed 31 warrants at people’s homes and […]
Cops round up missing offenders in warrant operation
(CNS): The RCIPS executed 28 warrants on Thursday and arrested 19 people because they had failed to show up in court for criminal or traffic cases, or for unpaid traffic fines. The police are battling a mounting number of outstanding warrants as many are issued every week by the courts, particularly traffic court, because drivers […]
Police continue to battle growing warrant list
(CNS): Police executed another thirty-seven warrants this week, twenty of which were served in just one day, as part of a drive to reduce the massive list of outstanding warrants. Many of the warrants are for people who have failed to pay traffic tickets or missed a court date but there are still a number […]
