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A 40-year-old Saskatoon man who allegedly punched a police dog and officer faces numerous charges after evading the police Friday morning.
Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release on Friday that just before 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 7, police tried to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 22nd Street West and Avenue South area but the vehicle drove off.
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SPS said that a few minutes later officers found the man and the vehicle parked in the 400 block of 18th Street West. After the driver ran away, a police dog was “deployed.”
When the police dog was trying to help with the suspect’s arrest, police said the man punched and kicked the dog several times and punched the officer twice.
More officers came to help arrest the man without any further incident, noted the police, adding that paramedics treated the man for a dog bite.
The man has been charged with assaulting a police officer, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, operating a vehicle being pursued by police and willfully injuring a law enforcement animal.
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