A police officer is now in custody after allegedly assaulting a sergeant on Monday, Sept. 8 at the Rodney Bay Police Station where he was brought in for earlier assaulting a male civilian.
Reports are that an altercation occurred between the civilian and the police officer on the Reduit beach in which officers of the Rodney Bay Police Station had to intervene.
A police source confirmed that the officer then assaulted the civilian in the presence of the police and escalated to the point where his fellow officers asked him to come in and make an official statement.
However, it is alleged that the accused officer left the scene and returned to assault the civilian at the Rodney Bay station. When a sergeant intervened, the accused cop proceeded to assault the sergeant.
St. Lucia News Online will provide more information as soon as it becomes available.