Graffiti Arrest Leads to Weapon Charges and CEW Deployment

At 1:12 p.m. today, a Saskatoon Police Service Bike Unit officer was riding northbound in the 100 block of 2 Av N.  The officer smelled fresh paint and observed a male in an alley that had just applied graffiti to a business wall.  A second officer arrived and they attempted to arrest the male.  The male produced a knife from his back and held it up to the officers.  He failed to drop the knife and a Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW) was deployed.  The male was taken into cu