Security cameras caught the action when an off-duty Nanaimo RCMP officer didnāt think it was too cool for a man to try and get away without paying for his Dairy Queen Dilly Bars.
Sgt. Jon Stuart of the Nanaimo RCMP was at the Country Club DQ location Sunday with his family when a man walked in, took some Dilly Bars from a cooler, put them in his backpack and started to leave.
As the man was walking out, Stuart asked if he was going to pay for the Dilly Bars.
āThe guy, goes, oh yeah and then the guy turns and starts a beeline out the door,ā said Const. Gary OāBrien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman. āJon jumps into cop mode and he follows him out the door, does a controlled takedown and he restrains him.ā
Stuartās 14-year-old daughter, meanwhile, called 911 and backup arrived to take the Dilly Bar bandit into custody.
OāBrien said Stuart identified himself as a police officer and gave the man the opportunity to pay for the merchandise before arresting him.
Off-duty police officers are not expected to go āhands-onā if they witness a crime, but they are expected to take some action.
āIn this particular case Jon went into operational mode and he used restraining and he successfully resolved the situation,ā OāBrien said.
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