CUT KNIFE – An RCMP officer was taken to hospital after he was injured during an arrest at a home on Poundmaker Cree Nation. His injuries are non-life-threatening.
At about 8 p.m., on May 1, Cut Knife RCMP had received a report of a disturbance at a residence on Poundmaker Cree Nation.
Officers immediately attended and located the subject of the report. Their investigation determined he was wanted on warrants from Cut Knife RCMP for failing to attend court, failing to comply with a release order condition and resisting arrest.
Officers told the male he was under arrest. He violently resisted officers, including striking one of them in the head. The officers used a conducted energy device to try to arrest the male safely, but he continued to resist and attempted to take a conducted energy device from one of them.
Unity RCMP officers came to assist the Cut Knife RCMP officers and the male was brought into custody.
One of the police officers was taken to hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
As a result of continued investigation, a male youth from Poundmaker Cree Nation is charged with assault to resist/prevent arrest, disarming a police officer, resisting a police officer, and failing to comply with a release order condition.
The male, who can’t be identified due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act, appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court on May 2.
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