Officer avoids serious injury after suspect takes swipe at them with box-cutting knife
By Medicine Hat News on August 11, 2020.
At about 4 a.m. on Monday a member of Medicine Hat Police Service was checking on a property in the 600 block of Bridge Street and located a suspicious female trespassing in the area. While the female was being arrested she brandished a box-cutting knife, striking the officer in the face. The officer sustained a minor injury that did not require medical attention. The trespasser, who will not be named, has been charged with assaulting a police officer and being in possession of a dangerous weapon. 4-3
