
NELSON, B.C. — A police officer is in critical condition with life-threatening injuries following an off-duty incident in Nelson, B.C.
The Abbotsford Police Department says one of its officers intervened in a disturbance on Thursday.
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Sgt. Judy Bird says the officer’s name will not be released to allow his family some privacy.
She says the incident has had a significant impact on the department, which thanks all medical staff and civilians who stepped up to assist the officer.
Police in Nelson say officers went to a disturbance in the city’s downtown, and that emergency services personnel transported a seriously injured 55-year-old man to hospital.
The department says in a release that a 26-year-old man has been arrested.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19, 2020.
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