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By Susan McNeil

High-risk situation

PAPS succesfully contain man with knife in ‘high-risk’ situation on 15th Avenue

Jul 16, 2024 | 5:03 PM

Officers with the Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) managed to contain a man wielding a large knife and acting erratically early Monday on one of city’s busiest streets.

PAPS officers were called to the high-risk situation at about 2 a.m. on July 15 and found the armed man in the 700-block of 15th Avenue East.

“The incident presented significant challenges for the responding officers,” said PAPS in a media release.

“Initial attempts to resolve the situation through verbal de-escalation were unsuccessful, as the subject failed to comply with police instructions and continued to brandish the knife.”

Eventually, officers used a conducted energy weapon to gain control of the man who was then taken into custody with no one injured.

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The 35-year-old subject appeared in Prince Albert Provincial Court on July 16, charged with assault on a police officer and carrying a weapon dangerous to the public.

susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com