Traffic stop escalates, ends with taser and charges

Saskatoon police used a taser early Saturday morning after a man attacked two officers.

Around 1 a.m. officers conducted a traffic stop on the 1000 block of McKercher Drive.

Police arrested the woman driving following an impairment investigation and told the 36-year-old passenger he was free to go.

Instead of leaving, police said in a media release, that he tried to get into the marked police vehicle then attacked two officers.

A taser was used to get control of the situation and officers were able to arrest the man.

Paramedics treated the two officers and the 36-year-old man for minor injuries.

Police charged him with assaulting an officer.

The woman driving received a 120-day roadside suspension and her vehicle is impounded for two weeks.