A police officer was bear-maced during a traffic stop in Surrey Thursday evening.
It happened in the 8400-block of 132nd Avenue at approximately 5:15 p.m.
Surrey RCMP Corporal Scotty Schumann said the officer was not injured other than the 鈥渢ransient effects of pepper spray.鈥�
Schumann said the suspect escaped while the officer was 鈥渢emporarily blinded鈥� and has not yet been found.
A witness at the scene said a suspect fled on foot into a nearby greenbelt which 鈥渢riggered a huge response鈥� from Surrey RCMP, including traffic closures in the area.
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