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DEPUTY Commissioner of Police Junior Benjamin, liaison officer for the School Oriented Policing Unit, has confirmed that the police officer who was locked in a classroom by students of Preysal Secondary School, has been reassigned.

Benjamin also revealed that no criminal charges would be laid against the student who locked the officer in the classroom and threw away the key.

A Form Three student was suspended for confining one of two officers, maintaining security at the school, in a classroom for over 30 minutes.