Cops transferred after priest charged with traffic offences

Jul 01, 2018 News

Two police traffic ranks were recently transferred, after causing charges to be instituted against a priest on Tuesday last.
Deputy Superintendent Dennis Stephen and Sergeant Gavin Boyce were transferred from their positions at the Brickdam Police Station after being summoned to the Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine’s office, in relation to an order to stand down by the commissioner.
Sergeant Boyce while on traffic duties on Sunday June 26, stopped three vehicles in the vicinity of the Number 43 bus park on Hadfield Street.
Sources claimed that the vehicles where all heavily tinted. The vehicles were then escorted to the Brickdam Police station, where the documents for the vehicles were checked.
It was found that one of the vehicles (PWW 9016) which was driven by a Priest, was uninsured amounts other things. This caused Sergeant Boyce to instruct traffic ranks to have charges made out against the priest.
The Priest was in court on Tuesday June 26, where he was charged for four traffic offences, two of which he pleaded guilty to, and was fined.
Sources claimed on the day that the priest was charged, Deputy Superintendent Stephen and Sergeant Boyce were summoned to the commissioner’s office, in the presence of a number of other high ranking police officers.
The source further claimed that the commissioner asked Superintendent Stephen if he did not give Sergeant Boyce his instructions, to which the officer answered in the negative. The commissioner then reportedly ordered the two traffic ranks out of his office.
The two ranks received instructions that they were being transferred soon after. This publication visited the Brickdam police station to have Sergent Boyce comment on the whole debacle, and was told that he has since been transferred to the Tactical Services Unit at Eve Leary.
This publication made attempts to reach out to Commissioner Ramnarine for some clarifications on the matter that has since been widely circulated on Social Media, but was met the termination of the call.