{"id":822861,"date":"2025-01-29T10:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/man-tries-to-steal-cops-gun-outside-chaguanas-police-station\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T10:13:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:13:23","slug":"man-tries-to-steal-cops-gun-outside-chaguanas-police-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/man-tries-to-steal-cops-gun-outside-chaguanas-police-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Man tries to steal cop\u2019s gun outside Chaguanas police station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-content\">\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/category\/news\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<header>\n<\/header>\n<address>\n\t<a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/reporter\/laurel_v_williams\"><br \/>\n\t\tLaurel V Williams<br \/>\n\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/address>\n<p><time pubdate datetime=\"2025-01-08\" title=\"Wednesday 8 January 2025\">Wednesday 8 January 2025<\/time><\/p>\n<figure id=\"article-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/police-car-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"- File photo\"><figcaption>&#8211; File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A man who tried to snatch a policeman&#8217;s gun from the holster at his waist was detained after a brief chase in Chaguanas.<\/p>\n<p>According to initial reports, around 9.30 am on January 8, the police constable from the Foot Patrol Unit was walking near the entrance of the Chaguanas Police Station. A man approached him and tried to yank the gun from the holster.<\/p>\n<p>The policeman, who was in uniform, immediately pushed the man away and secured his weapon. After failing to seize the gun, the man ran along the Main Road.<\/p>\n<p>Two nearby officers chased and held him near the car park of the Chaguanas market. Other officers were also alerted.<\/p>\n<p>The would-be thief reportedly claimed he was in mourning after recently losing his pet dog.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Laurel V Williams<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/2025\/01\/08\/man-tries-to-steal-cops-gun-outside-chaguanas-police-station\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Laurel V Williams Wednesday 8 January 2025 &#8211; File photo A man who tried to snatch a policeman&#8217;s gun from the holster at his waist was detained after a brief chase in Chaguanas. According to initial reports, around 9.30 am on January 8, the police constable from the Foot Patrol Unit was walking near<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":822862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38208,3066],"tags":[13332,11630],"class_list":{"0":"post-822861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cops","8":"category-steal","9":"tag-cops","10":"tag-steal"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}