Corwin Odland, with CPS public affairs, said people refused to disperse from an outdoor skating area after being advised that they were violating public health orders.
“When our officers arrived, they spoke to the same people about the health orders and several left without incident.
“When told he was being ticketed for not leaving, he refused to identify himself and skated away from the officers,” Odland said.
Police said the individual refused to identify himself when asked to do so by an officer. He was charged with obstruction of justice.
“The officers explained this legal requirement to the man and tried multiple times to get him to voluntarily step off the ice and comply with their orders before they moved in to physically take him into custody. At this point, a struggle ensued and an officer was knocked to the ground,” Odland said.
“We are seeing officers continually put into these untenable positions where they have to diffuse and support bylaw,” Ayliffe said. “What’s happening through our lens is good people are trying to find pieces of what they want to do in a changing environment and it is stressing people out to the max.”
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