The suspect faces charges of assaulting a peace officer causing bodily harm, assaulting a peace officer with a weapon and failing to comply with a release order
The suspect in the stabbing of a Calgary Transit peace officer last week will remain behind bars until at least Friday.
Duty counsel Bob Haslam appeared in Calgary Court of Justice on Monday on behalf of William Cody Woodward and asked Justice Marlene Graham to put the case over until then while the accused seeks legal representation.
“I’ve got an application in (with Legal Aid),” Haslam said.
The lawyer asked that Woodward’s attendance via video link from the Calgary Remand Centre be waived for the short proceeding.
Woodward, 42, faces charges of assaulting a peace officer causing bodily harm, assaulting a peace officer with a weapon and failing to comply with a release order.
In a news release Sunday, Calgary police said it was believed two peace officers approached an unknown man who was seen drinking alcohol in a bus shelter near the station.
“The man became combative and produced a knife. A brief struggle ensued and one of the peace officers was stabbed in the arm,” police said.
The man fled but a suspect was taken into custody by the peace officers a short distance away.
Police were called around 9:40 p.m. and took over custody of the individual.
The injured transit officer was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was later released.
A police spokesman said the incident illustrated the dangers of policing.
“This was a dynamic incident which underscores how quickly a situation can develop and the dangers that exist to all peace officers every day,” said Insp. Jason Bobrowich in the release.