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Drunken Rural Constable harassed, arrested
The recent assault and arrest of an intoxicated Rural Constable by a Police Constable in a route 42 minibus has left many wondering if ranks are not educated on how to effectively utilize their powers and manage their anger.
After being humiliated by the policeman, tormented by some passengers and forced to walk on the public road to the Grove Police Station in a pair of handcuffs, the Rural Constable was freed from custody.
According to an eyewitness, the intoxicated man boarded the minibus at the 42 Bus Park, Stabroek, and commenced his journey quietly until he reached Herstelling. Apparently, the man’s left slipper fell off his feet in front of the Princess Hotel but it was at Herstelling that he raised an alarm.
The conductor volunteered to let him out of the bus so he could go in search of his slippers. The man declined and grumbled of his loss. This gained the attention of the conductor who started to tease the man in jest.
Shortly thereafter a young man in the backseat began slapping the intoxicated man’s left shoulder shouting “I get a headache… stop this; I had a bad day; you only hurting my ears!”
The onlooker related that the intoxicated man expressed confusion and declared he could speak since he was a police rank.
This got the man in the backseat even more agitated and he started shouting repeatedly, “If you are a police what is your rank and number?” The inebriated man refused to answer. Consequently, the man whipped out a pair of handcuffs and presented himself as Constable Charles.
At this point the drunken man, who cried and expressed frustration that he was handcuffed, disclosed that he was a Rural Constable, the eyewitness said. The attitude of some passengers also added to the man’s humiliation.
An elderly man who exited the minibus at Prospect noted that he is an ex-policeman and what occurred is unacceptable. When the minibus reached the Diamond car park the policeman wanted to remove the handcuffs but the intoxicated man refused.
In tears, the man stood firm that he was prepared to go to Court since he did nothing wrong. He requested that the bus take him and the policeman to the Grove Police Station.
The driver refused since he had other passengers to “drop-off.” As a result, the man was forced to walk from the public road to the police station wearing handcuffs. The policeman began pushing and pulling the man to walk close to him.
At the head of Station Street, the policeman related the matter to a female officer, who was in plainclothes.
By that time, the man’s father-in-law, who is also a Rural Constable, appeared on the scene. The situation was becoming loud and a policeman also in plainclothes demanded that the man be taken to the station or released.
At the station, the man was placed on a bench whilst the officers were charging him for disorderly conduct. The eyewitness recounted the incident to the police because the man was too flustered to speak.
The man was apparently set free but is furious about the humiliation that he suffered and the embarrassment that his family incurred.
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