First responders to get police escorts on Victoria street after paramedic attacked

Victoria’s police main says an incident successful which a man allegedly attacked a paramedic and first responders were surrounded by a dispute crowd is an “escalation successful fierce behaviour towards first responders.

During nan incident, a man receiving aesculapian curen allegedly attacked 1 of nan paramedics helping him. When officers responded to nan situation, constabulary opportunity they faced a dispute crowd of up to 60 people.

“This behaviour is unacceptable and arsenic nan Chief Constable, I will not tolerate it,” Victoria Police Chief Del Manak said successful a statement.

“The incident from Pandora Avenue past nighttime whitethorn consciousness for illustration a wake-up call, but it only reflects 1 portion of nan inclination our front-line officers person been experiencing.”

According to police, nan onslaught happened erstwhile paramedics were flagged down to thief a man successful aesculapian distress conscionable earlier 8 p.m. connected Thursday.

Responding officers faced an “increasingly hostile” crowd aft they utilized a Taser to apprehension nan suspect, constabulary said successful a media release.

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Manak said an emergency gathering pinch Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto, and paramedic and firefighter activity concluded that occurrence an ambulance crews will nary longer respond to nan 900 artifact of Pandora Avenue without a constabulary escort.

“Let maine beryllium clear: this is simply a required measurement successful consequence to escalated tensions we person observed, but it is going to create important workload pressures connected VicPD and trim timeliness of aesculapian response, successful situations wherever each 2nd counts,” Manak said.

“This will besides trim our expertise to respond to different calls for service, straight impacting Victoria and Esquimalt residents erstwhile they request america most.”

Manak said he recognized nan different backgrounds and analyzable needs of nan group connected Pandora Avenue, but that first responders should ne'er consciousness their information is threatened.

Hayden Hamlyn has been charged pinch battle causing bodily harm, battle pinch a limb and resisting apprehension complete nan Thursday nighttime incident.