POLICE explained yesterday that the officer who fired off one round during a confrontation over a traffic ticket in Arima with a Diego Martin couple on Wednesday had done so inadvertently.The couple have since been charged and have appeared in court.They were identified as, Katrianna Rezende, 38 who was charged with disorderly behaviour, resisting arrest, dangerous driving and careless driving while her husband, Manuel Rezende, 39 was charged with disorderly behaviour and obscene language.Police said that on Wednesday morning officers of the Arima Traffic Department were on patrol along Sorzano Street, Arima when they saw a heavily tinted Toyota Hilux parked in a “No Parking Zone.” A woman who had been driving was told of the offence and was issued a fixed penalty notice for “failure to comply with the permissible visible light transmittance of material on windscreen or windows of motor vehicle...(heavy tint).”The officer then told the woman to remove the van from the No Parking Zone and she refused. The officers then requested her driving documents and she also refused to comply. Police said she started the van and was attempting to drive off but while doing so she allegedly struck one of the woman officers on her right foot.Police added that “believing her life was in imminent danger, she removed her firearm from her holster and pointed it in a downward direction.”The woman driving then reversed and the woman officer attempted to re-holster her firearm but while doing so, her finger “inadvertently” touched the trigger and discharged one round of ammunition.Appearing Master Lisa Singh-Phillip, in the Arima High court Katrianna Rezende was pleaded not guilty to all the charges and was granted $80,000 bail to cover the charge of Assaulting a Police Officer and $60,000 bail to cover the other offences.The matter was adjourned to June 24.She was also ordered to report to the Four Roads Police Station once per month between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.Her husband, Manuel Rezende appeared before Magistrate Ali in the Arima Magistrates Court and he was granted $30,000 bail and his case was adjourned to November 30.