Teen charged with assaulting off-duty P.E.I. RCMP officer

Stephen Brun · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 10, 2025 3:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

A 15-year-old has been charged with assaulting an serviceman aft an off-duty subordinate of the P.E.I. RCMP attempted to detain them for suspected impaired driving, constabulary say. 

In a quality release, RCMP said the off-duty serviceman was successful enactment astatine a state presumption connected the Trans-Canada Highway successful Bonshaw connected April 1 astatine astir 6:30 p.m. erstwhile they noticed the idiosyncratic successful beforehand of them smelled of alcohol.

The serviceman watched the idiosyncratic get into the driver's spot of a vehicle, truthful they approached and identified themselves arsenic a constabulary officer. 

During the conversation, constabulary said the fishy repeatedly shoved the serviceman and tried to instrumentality to the vehicle. The serviceman called 911 for assistance and again tried to detain the person. 

The quality merchandise says the off-duty serviceman controlled and restrained the idiosyncratic connected the ground. Witnesses tried to intervene, and the serviceman identified themselves arsenic a subordinate of the P.E.I. RCMP astatine slightest twice, asking bystanders not to interfere. 

Other officers past arrived connected country and were capable to instrumentality the person into custody. The accused can't beryllium named nether the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. 

Police said video footage from RCMP officers' assemblage cameras, video from the state presumption and footage shared by witnesses are being utilized arsenic portion of the ongoing investigation.

P.E.I. RCMP rolled retired body-worn cameras to officers past November. The cameras are worn astatine the centre of an officer's vest and, according to RCMP policy, person to beryllium connected and signaling during work calls, ongoing crimes and investigations, intelligence wellness calls and protestation response.

"Unlike different professions, constabulary officers, adjacent erstwhile off-duty, are required to intervene successful a concern to forestall a transgression offence from occurring, oregon to halt a transgression offence from continuing," P.E.I. RCMP Chief Supt. Kevin Lewis is quoted arsenic saying successful the caller release. 

"Our serviceman believed an offence was astir to beryllium committed and stepped successful to guarantee the nationalist and the idiosyncratic were safe, which is precisely what I would expect immoderate constabulary serviceman to bash successful the aforesaid situation. Great enactment by this serviceman successful keeping our communities safe, adjacent erstwhile off-duty."

People successful this state person to beryllium astatine slightest 16 years aged to use for a driving permit.