The po­lice of­fi­cer caught on cam­era in­volved in an al­ter­ca­tion with a traf­fic war­den, has been sus­pend­ed. The act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Er­la Christo­pher made this de­ci­sion pend­ing the out­come of the in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the in­ci­dent.

Of­fi­cers at­tached to the pro­fes­sion­al stan­dards bu­reau are now in­ves­ti­gat­ing an in­ci­dent be­tween a fe­male traf­fic war­den and an off-du­ty po­lice of­fi­cer.

In the vi­ral video, the off-du­ty of­fi­cer is cap­tured as­sault­ing the traf­fic war­den along Fred­er­ick street in Port of Spain, it is un­clear what trig­gered the con­fronta­tion.

In a re­lease is­sued by the T-T-P-S, both the po­lice of­fi­cer and the fe­male traf­fic war­den are cur­rent­ly as­sist­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tors.

Act­ing com­mis­sion­er of po­lice Er­la Christo­pher im­me­di­ate­ly in­struct­ed that an in­ves­ti­ga­tion be launched sur­round­ing the cir­cum­stances seen in the video footage.