Police investigate alleged threat against senior officer

A se­nior po­lice of­fi­cer has re­port­ed re­ceiv­ing threats from a man charged with firearm-re­lat­ed of­fences ear­li­er this year.

The act­ing su­per­in­ten­dent made a re­port at the Rio Claro Po­lice Sta­tion on Sun­day.

He said the ac­cused, who was charged with pos­ses­sion of a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion about six months ago, re­mains be­fore the court.

The of­fi­cer re­port­ed re­ceiv­ing in­for­ma­tion that the man want­ed to “drop” him and an­oth­er per­son, a civil­ian.

He said he in­ter­pret­ed the re­mark as a threat and feared for his safe­ty and that of his fam­i­ly.

Po­lice are ex­pect­ed to pa­trol the homes of the of­fi­cer and the civil­ian as in­ves­ti­ga­tions con­tin­ue.