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A woman police constable was referred to the San Fernando General Hospital for tests after being floored and beaten while trying to arrest a suspect on Saturday night.
Her male colleague also received injuries from another suspect during the attack but was treated by doctors and discharged.
According to police, the Ste Madeleine officers were injured after they responded to a report of threats being made to a resident of Church Street, Golconda.
When the officers arrived around 7.15 pm, they met a 22-year-old man who began to hurl expletives loudly at the officers. As they warned the suspect and tried to calm him down, he continued and the female officer attempted to arrest him. But as she placed the handcuff around one of his hands, he allegedly pushed her to the ground and began to kick and cuff her. Another man then came up to the male officer and also attacked him.
The men then ran off and the officers reported the incident to their seniors and were taken to the Princes Town District Health Facility where they both received treatment. The male officer was allowed to leave, but the female cop, who is a Special Reserve Officer, was referred for further checks to see if her hand was fractured.
The Rapid Response Unit and the Southern Division Task Force launched a search for the suspects and within half an hour, the 22-year-old man was held along Cipero Road. Police said he has a criminal record which includes robbery and possession of narcotics. Up until yesterday, police were still on the hunt for the second suspect.
Within recent times there have been several assaults against officers. Just last week, San Fernando Magistrate Alicia Chankar heard that robbery suspects Josiah, 25, Rutendo Duttin, 33 and David Lewis, 33, threw faeces at police officers from their cell while awaiting a matter.