SHAR­LENE RAM­PER­SAD

The Po­lice Com­plaints Au­thor­i­ty (PCA) is in­ves­ti­gat­ing a traf­fic stop in­volv­ing the daugh­ter of Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith and her hus­band on Mon­day. This was con­firmed by PCA head David West.

West did not say whether the in­ves­ti­ga­tion was trig­gered by com­plaints from T’Shau­na Grif­fith-Bain and her hus­band Da Vi­vian Bain. The cou­ple post­ed their ac­count of the in­ci­dent on so­cial me­dia on Tues­day, al­leg­ing mis­con­duct by the of­fi­cers who stopped them in Cou­va.

Videos shot by two of­fi­cers in­volved in the stop were shared wide­ly on so­cial me­dia. In the video, an of­fi­cer can be heard say­ing Grif­fith-Bain told him she was ex­empt­ed from be­ing stopped be­cause she is the Com­mis­sion­er's daugh­ter. Grif­fith-Bain and her hus­band have de­nied this claim.

Com­mis­sion­er Grif­fith has said he will not get in­volved in the in­ci­dent.