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Victoria police officers assaulted during separate incidents, one recovering from injuries

File photo: A police cruiser in Victoria, B.C. BC Emergency Photography / Flickr

It was a tough night for Victoria cops after two officers were assaulted in separate incidents.

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The first occurred at 10 p.m. Thursday when officers were called to the 800-block of Wharf Street for a young woman camping illegally.

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Police say when two officers offered her a ride to a shelter or where camping is legal, she attacked and assaulted one of them.

She was arrested and officers weren’t hurt.

The second incident happened at 2:30 a.m. Friday in the 1200-block of Douglas Street when officers intervened in a fight.

A young woman involved in the altercation assaulted an officer who was injured and later treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Other officers arrived and arrested the woman and several charges are now pending.

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