SURREY RCMP have one man in custody after a police vehicle was rammed on Wednesday afternoon.

On August 21 at approximately 1:54 p.m., police received a report of a suspicious vehicle in the area of 146 Street and 108 Avenue. When officers arrived on scene, they located the suspect vehicle, a blue Ford Explorer SUV.

While officers attempted to make contact with the driver, the SUV allegedly rammed the police vehicle, and while attempting to flee, the SUV caused a collision with a civilian vehicle that was stopped in traffic.

Officers quickly located the SUV at 144 Street and 104 Avenue and observed the SUV driving dangerously into oncoming traffic. Based on this extreme escalation of risk that the driver of the SUV posed to everyone, police engaged in a pursuit to stop the SUV and restore public safety.

Police stopped the SUV near the intersection of King George Boulevard and 108 Avenue and the driver of the SUV then fled on foot. Officers engaged in a foot pursuit, and deployed a conductive energy weapon before safely taking the suspect into police custody.

The male is being held in police custody for a bail hearing, and police charges of flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and assaulting police officers will be recommended.

No police officers or members of the public were injured during this incident and the male in custody received only minor injuries.

“This individual demonstrated a wanton disregard for the safety and wellbeing of the general public and police officers who put themselves at risk to bring this dangerous situation to a safe conclusion,” said Sgt. Tammy Lobb, Media Relations Officer with Surrey RCMP.