Surrey man receives lighter sentence due to nature of his takedown and arrest
On Aug. 21, surveillance video in Surrey captured a man in a Jeep being arrested around 7 p.m. at Whalley Boulevard and 100 Avenue.
A man in Surrey is receiving a lighter jail sentence for joyriding a Jeep that was left running. The vehicle belonged to an off-duty police officer who left it running before heading into a building. During his arrest on August 21, the suspect, Hansen, sustained injuries from being punched three times by a police officer who climbed onto the Jeep.
Hansen pleaded guilty to motor vehicle theft over $5,000, but the severity of the arrest led to a reduced sentence of 60 days in jail. Judge Jodie Harris noted the circumstances of the arrest as a mitigating factor, while retired RCMP officer Bruce Pitt-Payne questioned the decision of multiple officers to risk their safety to apprehend a thief in such a manner. The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner is currently investigating the officers' actions.
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