In other police news out of PG, the family of 16 year-old Victor Cus is calling for police to take corrective measures and remove 2 officers from active duty, since they have now been criminally charged with the savage beatdown of the teenager.
You'll remember the case from December when the young man was knocked unconscious, and lost 3 of his teeth - among other injuries. He was not charged for anything, so it was just gratuitous violence.
Last week, nearly a month after it was announced that they would be criminally charged, Corporal Raul Ico and Constable Ermo Coy were arraigned for grievous harm and damage to property. They were arraigned and released on bail of $3,000.
The problem is that these officers reported back to work as if nothing happened, simply business as usual. Well yesterday, the brother of Victor Cus told us that he and his family see something very wrong with that, and that they hope that their police bosses will fix it:
Benancio Cus - Brother of Assault Victim
"I don't see it fit that they should still be working because they've already been arraigned in the Magistrate's Court in the Stann Creek District. Yet, they are still working. They're still in uniform, and in the news, in the previous news, it stated that they should have been on interdiction. So, we'd just like to ask the relevant authorities who's in charge to look into it and to take the matter serious. Because, this is a serious thing that these officers have done. My brother on the roadside, and he was knocked unconscious, and because of that, I think need a better of how this matter should be treated."
We contacted the head of the Professional Standards Branch, ACP Chester Williams about the case, and he told us that while he was in PG yesterday, he spotted these officers on duty, and in their police uniforms. He learned that their official interdiction letters had not yet arrived.
Williams says that he sent for the interdiction letters, and confirmed that both officers were properly served. They are expected to remain off active duty, while their criminal case proceeds through the Magistrate's Court.
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