Tag: RCIPS Uniform Support Group
Cops silent over armed raid in Newlands
(CNS): A police operation in Newlands yesterday remains a mystery, as RCIPS officials have given away very little about the incident. Witnesses watched a group of armed officers from George Town’s Uniform Support Group besiege a house on Milton Drive on Wednesday afternoon, but police said no arrests were made. According to reports from residents, police surrounded […]
Armed cop walks free after witness fails to appear
(CNS): An officer serving in the RCIPS armed support unit who was placed on required leave following allegations of assault in connection with a fight in a George Town bar has been cleared after the prosecution failed to bring a case well over two years after he was charged. Derron Campbell, a Jamaican national, has had his […]
Ethnic profiling by the RCIPS
‘Disgusted Resident’ writes: Recently, there were major headlines in the US about a 14-year-old boy who took a clock to school and how he was arrested and handcuffed because the teacher thought it was a bomb. As a result, the chief of police made an appearance on CNN, and city officials and politicians all made […]
Armed cops take aim at car in Governor’s Square
(CNS) Updated Friday 12:30pm: Two men who were apprehended by armed police officers yesterday afternoon at the entrance of Governor’s Square have since been released. While police have not given any indication yet as to why the officers aimed their guns at the suspects, a spokesperson for the RCIPS has confirmed that at about 4:45pm yesterday, 17 September, […]
