00:00the one caribbean music festival played off without any major security breaches
00:05save and except for a female patron who stormed the stage and proceeded to tamper with equipment
00:11and a man who was among others pelting objects onto the stage he found himself in the hands of
00:16police acting commissioner of police junior benjamin confirms that charges have been laid
00:22one person was charged three missiles and another person for malicious damage however
00:28the actions of police have been criticized by some on social media as well as former commissioner
00:34of police gary griffiths who called it quote unquote an example of backward untrained policing
00:42he went on further to say that under a professional police system the officers would be sent on
00:47immediate suspension further suggesting that those in tactical gear did not understand the use of force
00:53policy the former top cop said once a suspect was unarmed he should have been subdued by unarmed
01:00training including through handcuffing and the use of pepper spray he's of the view that such incidents
01:06only serve to erode public trust in the police well in response to the incidents commissioner benjamin
01:12notes that while the public audit team did rush in to de-escalate the situation the action appears
01:17questionable a level of force was used that probably in the opinion of others might seem you know
01:24disproportionate nevertheless um i want to say that first and foremost we really want to
01:31reach for instance that you know there's a level of control that you need to always have as we deal
01:37with matters and even with police officers we there's a level of professionalism and the use of force
01:44policy so even in this matter we take absolutely no pride in saying that you know this is something
01:53that we were sitting looking to benjamin says outside of that situation his officers effectively managed
01:59the crowd of about 5 000 which attended the event at the queen's park savannah presently i've just spoken to
02:06the acp that was in charge he grew commander acp henry henry as well as i've spoken to the head of the
02:13garden emergency branch and our investigation will be launched into the matter to ensure that at
02:19least you know um we get to the real reason as to what transpired and we are also going to ensure
02:27if there is any breach of the use of force that the necessary actions will be taken but at the end of
02:32the day what we really want to do is to ensure that the lessons are learned and that we continue to
02:38ensure safety and security for all alicia boucher tv6 news
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