Riga Godron, 44, faces charges of obstructing a police officer, fleeing from police and driving without due care and attention in relation to an incident last Canada Day.
The charges have not been tested in court.
VicPD said officers had to leap out of the way of a pickup after a person who had been detained got into their vehicle and reversed quickly towards officers on July 1, 2022. Officers were responding to an empty vehicle parked and blocking northbound lanes in the 300-block of Dallas Road. VicPD said a person who had been filming officers with their phone identified themselves as the driver after a few minutes and ignored officers who said they were being detained for an investigation.Riga Godron is described as white, five feet tall with a medium build, weighing about 160 pounds, with black hair and green eyes.
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