Police Crimes In T&T

[LadyDeath]

This is a topic for all reports on police crimes comitted in T&T..

There were two cops that were held for assault and robbery after they alledgely held , kidnapped and robbed a businessman and friend on sat evening.

The men were arrested after a stolen wallet was found in a car belonging to one of the officers.

The incident involving the officers allegedly occurred around 7 p.m. on Friday.

Vishal Balgobin, 22, and his 18-year-old friend told police that they were seated in a parked vehicle near the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation head office in Couva when a marked police vehicle stopped.

Balgobin, a company director, told police that the officers ordered them out of the vehicle.

A search was conducted and nothing illegal was found, police said.

Balgobin, of Mc Bean Village, Couva, was ordered to hand over his wallet. But when it was returned, US$2,000 was missing, police said.

The men were handcuffed and placed in the tray of the police van.

Reports stated that the men were taken to a lonely area off Milton Road, Couva, where they were beaten and $20,000 demanded.

Police said several gunshots were fired and the men were threatened.

The men, still in handcuffs, were forced to lie face down in the van tray, as the officers drove to a fast food outlet and purchased a meal.

They were dropped off at an unknown location in Couva.

Police said the men made their way to the Couva Police Station where a report was made to senior superintendent Edward Castillo and Inspector Wayne Lawrence.

An investigation was launched and the officers were detained. The injured men were treated at the Couva District Hospital.

 

[madsuya]

why d police duh call out d bad cops name for d public to hear......so we will know who we could trust....our country is small an everybodt knos every now so call d bastards names man!!!

 

[LadyDeath]

i dont know why they hiding them for IN THE CHAGUANAS POLICE STATION THEM DOES TAKE BRIBE EVEN THE BIG POLICE AND THEM THERE DOES BE UP ENTERPRISE COLLECTING THEIR WEED AND PROTECTING ROBOCOP

 

[madsuya]

2 police officers – a constable with 22 years service and an acting corporal with 17 years service – are expected to appear in the Chaguanas Magistrates Court wen dey allegedly shared a bribe taken from 32-year-old who was driving carelessly..the policemen offered to forego charging him with the offence of driving over the alcohol limit in exchange for $3,000...The victim was taken home where he collected his bank card and then taken to an ATM for the cash..ah wonder if dey were set up!!!

 

[madsuya]

POLICE constable Garfield Hazel, 37 from the St Joseph Police Station was charged with corruptly soliciting the sum of $6,000 and corruptly receiving the sum of $1,000 as an inducement from a man in order to forego a criminal charge against him.
Hazel, who was represented by defence attorney Sean Cazabon, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Cazabon told the court that his client was granted bail by a Justice of the Peace in the sum of $50,000 while at the police station and asked that the bail be regularised by the magistrate Dubay
The officer was arrested on Friday afternoon by officers of the Anti-Corruption Bureau following a sting operation. The offences are alleged to have taken place on Thursday in St Joseph
Hazel will reappear in court on December 29

 

[scichic]

and it have so much more that collectin bribe is a shame... they co workers should really sell them out!!

 

[Vickie]

Policemen and them resorting to these activities since they are getting "underpaid" but still that does not mean you will shame and turn the law around for your own benefits!!

 

[madsuya]

5 constables and 1 corporal were arrested and taken into custody by a party of police officers headed by Assistant Commissioner Police, Raymond Craig from the Professional Standards Unit of the TTPS......ACP Craig, is the senior investigator probing the deaths of Abigail Johnson, Alana Duncan and Keron Eccles which occurred on July 22, 2011....their arrest is a result of the incident which occurred relative to that matter.....the officers are all formerly of the Robbery Squad in San Fernando!!!

 

[madsuya]

6 officers charged with misbehaviour in public officer following an alleged Taser attack on civilians at a police station in Chaguanas last year have secured bail.... Sgt Rasool Balkaran and constables Elton Charlerie, Lyndon Hosein, Ramesh Boodram, Veda Persad and Samlal Seepersad were each granted $75,000 bail an was taken to the prison in Arouca....ah wonder if dey could b charged as a gang!!!