SASKATOON – Saskatoon police used a Taser on Wednesday to disarm a woman brandishing a butcher’s knife.
Police were call to a residence in the 100-block of Edinburgh Place just before 2 a.m. after a call came in that a woman was threatening to harm herself.
Responding officers were trying to defuse the situation when the woman pulled a butcher’s knife and advanced towards one of the officers.
The Taser was used after repeated attempts to disarm the woman were unsuccessful.
She was uninjured and taken to hospital as a precaution.
Two other people at the home were not injured.
A preliminary review of the incident shows policy and rational for the use of the Taser followed Saskatoon Police Service policy.
Use of force reports have been submitted for review by the Use of Force Review Board and a further report will be sent to the Saskatchewan Police Commission.
The 26-year-old woman is facing a charge of assaulting a police officer.
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