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A Mountie suffered minor injuries after an RCMP traffic stop of a suspected impaired driver turned violent Tuesday evening.
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At around 9:20 p.m., Selkirk RCMP received a report of a possible impaired driver heading towards Highway 9 in the RM of St. Andrews.
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Officers on patrol located a vehicle with a driver and passenger on Highway 9 at Capri Road and conducted a traffic stop. While the officers were speaking to the driver, RCMP said the passenger started yelling and swearing at the officers.
The passenger, an adult male, then exited the vehicle, refused to listen to commands to get back in the vehicle and rushed towards the officer, shoving him. As officers were attempting to place him in handcuffs, the male assaulted an officer by punching him and threatened the officers. A Conducted Energy Weapon was deployed and eventually the male was placed into custody.
Ironically, the driver of the vehicle was found to be sober and cooperated with officers.
One officer sustained minor injuries. He did not require medical attention.
A 42-year-old man was charged with assaulting a police officer causing bodily harm and assaulting a police officer as well as resisting arrest, uttering threats and mischief.
He was released from custody on a release order.
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