Waterloo Regional Police say a man attacked two officers in the downtown Galt area of Cambridge on Monday night.
According to police, the officers were dispatched to Water Street North and Augusta Street at around 7 p.m. after a disturbance was reported.
They say the officers arrested a man in connection with the disturbance when things turned uglier.
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The officers were trying to charge the suspect and release him when he attacked them, biting one officer while trying to take a gun off the other, according to police.
They say that one officer was left with minor injuries.
A 29-year-old man is facing a host of charges including uttering threats to cause death, assault, mischief under $5,000, assaulting a peace officer, escaping lawful custody and disarming a police officer.
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