Cops attacked by large crowd during arrest on Downtown East Side: VPD

Before 3:00 pm, Carnegie Center staff called the police. Men reported throwing computers and behaving strangely

Vancouver Police Several police officers were assaulted on the downtown East Side on Tuesday afternoon, according to the police. Responding to the disturbance at the Carnegie Center.

Shortly before 3:00 pm, Carnegie Center staff called the police. The man reportedly threw his computer and behaved erratically.

"The man resisted arrest and fought police when officers took him into custody," said VPD spokeswoman Const. Tania Visintin "Large crowds gathered and turned hostile and militant with the officers."

Several police officers were assaulted and multiple arrests were made, he said Visintin. Stated.

A large contingent of VPD officers called upon to keep the peace in the City of Vancouver while city officials talk to tent city residents on Hastings Street. was already in the area. They were ordered to dismantle their footpath encampment.

Details on the incident will be released soon, she said in a release.

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