Surrey Mounties say a man tried to jack an off-duty copsa国际传媒檚 car in the parking lot of Jim Pattison Centre early Wednesday afternoon, ran through Green Timbers forest, threw a rock through an automobile window in the parking lot of the RCMPsa国际传媒檚 E Division Headquarters and then ran into the lobby where he sa国际传媒渁llegedlysa国际传媒� chased two civilian employees with a knife.

This was shortly after 1 p.m., Aug. 2.

sa国际传媒淥n-duty police officers and security measures were immediately engaged and the man was taken into custody,sa国际传媒� Cpl. Vanessa Munn stated in an email to the Now-Leader. sa国际传媒淒uring the incident, the glass of one of the security doors was broken. Some of the responding officers received minor injuries.sa国际传媒�

Munn said theresa国际传媒檚 no indication the sa国际传媒渋ncidentsa国际传媒� was targeted towards police, sa国际传媒渂ut any possible motive will form part of the ongoing investigation.

sa国际传媒淭his was a scary incident for the civilian staff, officers, and all those who witnessed it. The immediate and decisive actions of the officers and staff helped ensure a quick resolution to this incident.sa国际传媒�

Staff Sgt. Kris Clark, senior media relations officer for the BC RCMP, declined to comment. sa国际传媒淭he police of jurisdiction is Surrey (RCMP) so yousa国际传媒檙e best to call them,sa国际传媒� he said Thursday morning. sa国际传媒淚 know there was an event here but theysa国际传媒檙e the ones who have conduct of the investigation so theysa国际传媒檙e the ones to speak to it.sa国际传媒�

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