A 25-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Prince Albert, but his apprehension by the Prince Albert Police Service’s Canine Unit is the subject of an investigation by the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT).

Around 3 a.m. on August 29, the Prince Albert Police Service says their officers witnessed a man operating a motorcycle in a dangerous manner in the 400 block of River Street East. Attempts to stop the motorcycle were disregarded with the driver attempting to flee on his motorcycle. He then abandoned the motorcycle in the 200 block of Macdowell Crescent and attempted to escape on foot but was located a block away with the help of the Canine Unit.

The man was treated at Victoria Hospital for an injury sustained in the canine apprehension and later released into police custody. SIRT are investigating the circumstances surrounding the injury to the man with the Prince Albert Police saying they are fully cooperating. Otherwise, the 25-year-old man made his first appearance in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Tuesday to face charges of dangerous operation of a conveyance, fail to stop for police, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose, carry a concealed weapon, resist arrest, mischief, breach of release order, breach of probation and breach of recognizance.