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Off-duty officer rushes to help on-duty member in Lake Country

Const. Nickel noticed an on-duty officer was in a difficult situation with a suspect

It was a case of 鈥榬ight place, right time鈥 for an off-duty 麻豆精选 RCMP officer who helped take down an agitated suspect last week.

Const. Nickel was enjoying his day off with his family in Lake Country when he noticed an on-duty RCMP officer was in a difficult situation with a suspect who was not cooperating.

Const. Nickel parked his vehicle, made sure his family was safe, then ran to assist the other officer.

鈥淔ortunately, Constable Nickel was in the area and able to assist, going above and beyond to help a fellow officer,鈥 says Sgt. Desmond Kiehlbauch. 鈥淭he video was provided by a fellow officer after they heard about his action.鈥

RCMP did not give any details of the incident but did say the suspect was arrested for causing a disturbance.

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