Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard has instructed officers to charge a female police officer via summons over the assault and battery of a school safety officer at St. James Secondary School in September 2025.
TTT News spoke with the victim, Shaka Wallace, who alleges he was pushed, bitten, and headbutted during the incident, leaving him with a burst lip and other injuries.
“The blood was just streaming down from my face. I was more in shock,” Wallace recalled.
He explained that before the incident, the officer, who has a child attending the school, had allegedly sent threatening voice notes to students in a group chat after they teased her child about her hair.
“I want all yuh to play this for your parents and tell them to come and meet me at the school in the morning, because I will kill one of all yuh,” part of the recording said.
Mr. Wallace said that when the officer arrived at the school, she began shouting in the courtyard and was later escorted to the office.
CCTV footage shows the woman allegedly confronting students inside the office, including grabbing one student by the shirt and pointing her finger in another’s face.
The nearly four-minute video also captures a physical altercation between the officer and another adult before Mr. Wallace entered to intervene. He was bitten and headbutted while attempting to restrain her.
He later sought medical attention and filed a report at the St. James Police Station.
After months of waiting, Wallace said he finally received a call from police informing him that charges would be filed, though he admitted he had nearly given up on seeking justice.
“Even though my job title says school safety officer, who is keeping me safe? You expect adults to behave like adults—they didn’t,” he said.
Mr. Wallace added that he remains traumatised, particularly when intervening in physical altercations, which is part of his duty. He said the most haunting moment was the officer’s reaction after the attack.
“She was so cocky and confident. At the end of the assault, the acting corporal and a constable were told to ‘call her when they are done.’ She looked at me in a smug way and walked off. That is what traumatised me the most,” he said.
TTT News reached out to Deputy Commissioner of Police Junior Benjamin, Head of the School-Oriented Policing Initiative, who confirmed the DPP’s directive.