According to the Express, Mr. Reyes refused to follow the instructions of flight attendants who asked him in several occasions to turn off his cel phone during a flight and he refused! He answered his phone on several occasions and even got angry and started talking loudly stating that he was being picked because he was Black.
If the report is true (And according to the Express they are merely writing what the report said) then how can this man be an Assistant Commissioner of Police? Source 1
Name: George
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Title: Peter Reyes
Comments: If this is the [caliber] of senior police men we have in this country [..] help us. No wonder we are making no progress where the crime situation is concerned in this nation. This man display[s] the mentality of a naughty child.
ACP Peter Reyes is in more hot water after an Assemblyman from Tobago came forward with what he witnessed on the plane. According to the Assemblyman, in a TV6 interview, ACP Reyes was not co-operating with the airline stewards who asked him to turn off his phone and that he claimed he was on an important phone call.
More details are coming out about this. In the Express they have what he actually said and how the passengers felt,
ACP Peter Reyes has been moved from Tobago as was expected. If he wasn't there would have been a big question mark about the standards in the the Trinidad & Tobago Police Service. They are still investigating ACP Peter Reyes so no conclusion has been reached about disciplinary action.