(File image credit: Abbotsford Police Department / Facebook)

By The Canadian Press

POLICE OFFICER INJURED

B.C. officer in critical condition after off-duty disturbance, man arrested

Jul 19, 2020 | 3:44 PM

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 (July 16).

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.

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The department says in a release that a 26-year-old man has been arrested.

(The Canadian Press)