Man with knife tasered

RCMP used a conducted energy weapon last week to take down a Yorkton man when the suspect allegedly brandished a knife and resisted arrest.

Christopher Doering remains in custody following a court appearance November 15 during which Judge Ross Green ordered a psychiatric assessment.

The Court heard that on November 11 police received a complaint of a man who refused to return his four-year-old daughter to his estranged spouse.

When officers arrived at the man’s residence, Doering allegedly came out of the house with a knife according to Crown attorney Andrew Wyatt.

The prosecutor said the Mounties drew their guns when Doering allegedly ordered his dog to attack, but the animal turned out to be docile.

When the suspect refused to drop the knife, the Mounties attempted to subdue him using pepper spray, Wyatt said.

When that didn’t work, they used the conducted energy weapon, commonly referred to by the brand-name Taser, to subdue the suspect.

Even after that, the Court heard, he attempted to resist arrest.

Doering faces numerous charges including two counts of assaulting a peace officer, one count of obstructing a peace officer, one count of possessing a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the public, two counts of mischief and one count of causing distress to a domestic animal.

Green remanded the suspect pending preparation of the psychiatric assessment.

Doering’s next court appearance is scheduled for December 14.