Investigation
Police Dog Injures Assault Suspect
Date Published: 2023-11-09
Province: New Brunswick
Police Agency: RCMP J Division
Summary
On March 22, 2023, at 5:34 pm, a person made a 911 call reporting that the AP and Civilian Witness 1 (“CW1”) were in a dispute. Witness Officers 1, 2, and 3 (“WO1”, “WO2”, and “WO3”) responded to the call. The Witness Officers were aware that the AP was involved in an incident that had taken place on March 11, 2023. There had been several unsuccessful attempts to arrest the AP for the alleged offences of assault with a weapon, uttering threats, and being unlawfully in a dwelling house related to the March 11 incident. The AP was also known to police from previous interactions.
WO1, WO2, and WO3 arrived on the scene at 5:43pm, and were advised by the 911 caller that the AP had fled into the woods when he saw the police arriving. The SO and the PSD were called by radio, and they arrived at 6:34pm…