Negotiations about the police crisis team lead to de-escalation and arrests

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 29, 2024.

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A PACT officer was able to decompress the situation after successfully negotiating with an assault suspect who brandished a knife and threatened a police officer, leading to the arrest of a 44-year-old Medicine Hat man last Wednesday. At approximately 11:45 a.m., police were called to a report of an injured person in the 800 block of Third Street SE and learned that the person had been assaulted at a home on the same block. When police attempted to speak with the homeowner and assault suspect, they were met by a man with a knife who did not cooperate with responding police officers. Police called in a police and crisis team officer to de-escalate the situation and negotiate the suspect out of his home. The unnamed man has been charged with assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, possession of a dangerous weapon and uttering threats. According to police, the victim and suspect know each other. The Medicine Hat man will appear in court on November 18. On October 23, police also responded to the area of ​​First Street and Sixth Avenue SE after receiving a report that a man had been stabbed. Traffic Advisory This morning from 9am, police will be conducting an overload escort which will impact traffic on both the eastbound and westbound lanes on the TCH and in the SW industrial area. The load begins at Bromley Mechanical, 925 23th Street SW, and travels to the western city limits of Redcliff along the Trans-Canada. Police ask motorists to avoid the area if possible and to be patient and follow all police road directions, bylaws and escort vehicles. 14
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