You Know You're In Canada When…A Perp Tries To Take A Cop's Gun, Pulls An Axe…Still Doesn't Get Shot

Posted • February 5, 2025: You Can Tell You're In Canada When A Perp Tries To Take A Cop's Gun, Then Pulls An Axe And Still Doesn't Get Shot —— Waterloo Region, Ontario — Waterloo Regional Police have charged a male driver following an incident on Strasburg Road in Kitchener. On February 5, 2025, at approximately 5:20 p.m., an officer was on proactive patrol in the area of Strasburg Road and Block Line Road and was alerted by the automated licence plate recognition (ALPR) technology of a disqualified driver. The driver immediately attempted to evade police and proceeded through the intersection on a red light and was struck by another vehicle. The male driver exited his vehicle and attempted to fight the officer, which resulted in the officer deploying a conducted energy weapon (CEW). The CEW was ineffective, and the male returned to his vehicle and retrieved a hatchet and threated the officer. The male was subsequently arrested by officers.

The three occupants of the vehicle that were struck in the intersection were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. As a result of the investigation, a 27-year-old Kitchener male was arrested and charged with: • Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. • Assault police. • Resist arrest. • Assault police officer with a weapon. • Disarming a police officer. • Dangerous operation of a vehicle. -- The male was held for a bail hearing.