Police dog helps arrest man armed with a sword near Cochrane

Cochrane RCMP needed the help of a police dog to arrest a man accused of uttering threats while slashing at a vehicle with a sword.

Tsuut'ina Nation Police alerted Cochrane RCMP they were investigating an agitated man who was apparently heavily intoxicated.

He showed up at the Stoney Nakoda First Nation about 3:30 a.m. Sunday.

Armed with a sword and claiming to have guns and other weapons with him, the man began slashing at a vehicle's tires, andthreatening to shoot police if they showed up.

He then fled into a nearby wooded area with another man.

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Cochrane RCMP arrived soon after, along with members of the Police Dog Service and the K-Division Emergency Response Team South.

One of the men who fled into the woods came out once they were surrounded. The other wouldn't however, and a dog was used to arrest him. He was treated for minor injuries.

The man arrested is now facing charges of uttering threats, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, mischief under $5,000,dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, failureto comply with an undertaking and failure to comply with a probation order. He remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 19.