A man who Saskatoon police had to Taser has been charged with assaulting a police officer.
It started early Thursday morning when members of the air support unit spotted a fire and people in the bushes near Dalmeny Road and 33rd Street West.
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Patrol officers who responded to the area found a sleeping man.
The officers said when they woke the man, he became combative, picked up a large stick and made threatening remarks.
Officers said they used a Taser on him when he refused to listen to their instructions.
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The 40-year-old man was checked by paramedics and then taken into custody and charged.
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