Team work makes the dream work!
When a Victoria police officer spotted a known domestic violence suspect in the presence of the woman he was bound by conditions not to be in contact with, the man immediately fled the area on foot.
The officer was searching the 600-block of Tyee Road on Sunday morning when a bystander asked him if he was looking for someone.
The man then pointed the officer to a park bench where the suspect was sitting. When he approached him, the suspect once again fled and was lost from the officer’s sight for a while.
More citizens lend a helping hand
The VicPD officer got out of his car and gave chase on foot, after several woman at a nearby business pointed through some bushes and down to the Galloping Goose trail near the Bay Street bridge, where the suspect had gone.
Once on the trail, a cyclist directed the officer to go northbound, where the suspect had been seen heading. In the next phase of the chase, another citizen pointed out that the accused had run down to the beach near the trestle.
Two other officers were on the trestle when the first officer arrived, as a pair of kayakers shouted out that the suspect was right below them. The man was then taken into custody.
In the aftermath of the chase, Victoria police released a statement of gratitude to the public:
“The arrest of the man would not of happened without the support and assistance by various members of the public,” reads the report.
“The investigating officers would like to specifically thank those citizens who assisted with information.”
