A Taser was used on a woman in Prince Albert, Sask., who threatened a police officer with scissors.
Officers had been called to an address in East Flat to help paramedics with a suspected overdose.
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The woman was reported to be acting aggressively towards Parkland Ambulance staff.
The officers said when they arrived, they were confronted by the woman.
She was wielding a pair of scissors and threatened an officer by raising the scissors in an aggressive manner.
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The officer fired his Taser, subduing the woman.
No injuries were reported.
She was arrested and taken to hospital for observation from a potential overdose.
The 30-year-old woman has since been released and will appear in Prince Albert provincial court at a later date.
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