Vancouver cops set on fire during arrest in Downtown Eastside

Officer set on fire in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, police say - BC

Vancouver police said it happened as the pair were patrolling the area as part of Task Force Barrage, an initiative to boost police presence in the area.

Vancouver cops set on fire during arrest in Downtown Eastside

Two police officers were set on fire while working in Vancouver on Thursday night.

Update: Man charged after VPD officers set on fire - Vancouver Police Department

Vancouver – A 40-year-old man arrested by Vancouver Police in the Downtown Eastside this week for setting two officers on fire has now been charged. The BC Prosecution Service has approved charges against Jordan Mutual for one count of assaulting a police officer and one count of obstructing a police officer. Mutual remains in custody until his next court appearance.     The post Update: Man charged after VPD officers set on fire appeared first …

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A man is in jail after allegedly setting one Vancouver police officer on fire and singeing a second in the city’s Downtown Eastside on Thursday. “It definitely is enraging to our members, this comes right on the heels of other assaults that happened not very long ago,” Vancouver police Const. Tania Visitntin said. “The last one was an officer getting spat in the mouth with bloody saliva. The one before that was an officer in the same area, the D…

Vancouver officer charged with assault related to alleged incident at jail – Energeticcity.ca

VICTORIA — Crown prosecutors in British Columbia say a Vancouver police officer has been charged with assault related to an alleged incident in 2023. A statement from the BC Prosecution Service says the charge against the special municipal constable stems from an incident at the police department’s jail. It allegedly happened on Jan. 1, 2023, and the service says the charge was sworn on Thursday. It says the accused officer will make his first a…