AGP LLP Ottawa Criminal LawyersOttawa, ON · October 8, 2026Follow

Resisting Arrest vs. Assaulting a Police Officer While Resisting: The Distinction

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Resisting arrest in Canada isn’t actually its own offence in the Criminal Code. When someone is accused of fighting an arrest, the Crown usually lays one of two charges: obstructing a peace officer under section 129, which covers getting in the way of an officer’s work, or assaulting a peace officer under section 270, which...

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