A special reserve policeman who was charged with three criminal offences, including assaulting a colleague, has been granted $50,000 bail.
SRP Kevon Rivers, 30, was not in custody when he appeared before Chaguanas Senior Magistrate Sharon Gibson having been granted bail at the Chaguanas Police Station after he was arrested and charged on Sunday.
Rivers, attached to the Guard and Emergency Branch, headquarters in El Socorro, pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with the directions of a police officer in uniform, assaulting PC Ali Shaffe and using a vehicle contrary to its registration.
The charges stemmed from an incident on Sunday after Rivers was stopped during an exercise by Driving Under the Influence Task Force at Southern Main Road, Chase Village.
He was arrested and taken to Chaguanas Police Station where charges were laid by Cpl Ramsubhag, WPC Johnson and PC Shaffe.
When the matter was called in the First Court yesterday, his attorney, Taradath Singh, asked for his client’s bail to continue, saying he was a serving member of the Police Service for three years and had an unblemished record.
Prosecutor Sgt Ken Ali informed the court a state attorney would have to be appointed to prosecute the matter which was subsequently adjourned to December 8.