00:11What you're unable to see from this video are the moments leading up to this point
00:16where licensing officers told maxi-taxi driver Randal Bowen to pull aside
00:21as he had stopped in the roadway to pick up a passenger.
00:24Bowen did not fully pull off the roadway as told by the officers
00:28who then ordered him out of the vehicle.
00:30He refused and was grabbed by an officer.
00:33From there, a physical scuffle between the two ensued.
00:36Our camera captured from the moment passengers were asked by the licensing officers to exit the vehicle.
01:06A passenger tried to quell the situation as Bowen vented his frustration.
01:17He continued to ask the officers to return his property.
01:21And if you are not going to need someone, then phone and there is a thought stop
01:43not be blocked, it will turn out the camera.
01:52the scene playing out in full view of motorists and commuters on the southern main road in kirap
02:20tv6 news contacted transport commissioner clive clock concerning the incident which he confirms
02:26there was an incident that took place today involving a maxi driver and a couple a couple
02:32officers i also understand that the incident resulted in a fracker that would have resulted
02:39for um into physical altercation between both the the um the driver and one of the one of the officers
02:46i am yet to get details on it however i must say the matter is currently receiving the attention of
02:54the currently um police officers and um further to that i know the person would have made their way
03:01that the driver to the currently licensing office from clark's understanding the driver wanted to
03:07meet with him but that falls outside of licensing office protocols at the time of our interview
03:13clark was yet to receive a written report hopefully i should get out by this evening or any morning what
03:19i do know one of them he is speaking medical um attention in keeping the standard of prison procedure
03:27and also two or three of them are also providing statement um at the police station licensing officers
03:34do have limited powers of arrest one of which is for the offense of driving without ever having been
03:40issued a license clark tells us while there are situations which may cause them to become physical
03:46in their interactions with members of the public it is usually as a means of self-protection but it's
03:53not it's not our practice i must say in what in what we do um to manhandle anyone in any
03:59type of
04:00situations like that it's not it's not um part of our monitor operandi as officers the transport commissioner
04:08says he is unable to make any other pronouncements until the official report is handed in alicia boucher tv6 news
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