Taber Police vehicle

By Dori Modney

Taber man faces charges from assaulting an officer to leaving an accident scene

Jun 17, 2021 | 4:56 PM

TABER, AB. — An incident that began with an attempted traffic stop in Taber around 2:10 Wednesday (June 16) morning, turned into a search for the culprit.

Taber officers attempted to pull over a car for a vehicle infraction. Although the driver eventually pulled over, he then fled from police at a high rate of speed. However, an officer was able to identify the driver before he fled and a pursuit wasn’t initiated.

The car was located a short time later with the same driver and when officers tried to block the vehicle in to prevent a pursuit, the suspect reversed, striking one of the police vehicles and then fled, again at a high rate of speed.

The officer wasn’t injured and a pursuit was initiated, but quickly terminated for public safety.

On Thursday, Taber police located the driver and arrested him.

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Colin Alexander Meissner, aged 25, is facing two counts of Flight from Police, two counts of Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Assaulting a police officer with a weapon and Failing to remain at the scene of an accident.

Meissner was released by a Justice of the Peace, with conditions, and is scheduled to appear in Taber Provincial Court on August 3, 2021.