‘I thought he was going to kill me’: Video captures unprovoked attack on VPD officer | Globalnews.ca

VPD Sgt. Anil Singh was attacked, maimed and feared that he would be killed.

He was responding to a call about an unwanted male sleeping in the lobby of a downtown Vancouver hotel.

The man, later identified as Carlo Telechea , had urinated outside and was subsequently confronted by hotel security.

Singh said he identified himself as a police officer and asked the man to wake up.

When he didn’t respond to his verbal commands, Singh tugged his ear and said he wanted to wake him up.

Sgt. Singh suffered three broken bones in his left hand, and injuries to his face, back and knees.

He underwent three surgeries and was left with a permanent pin in his hand where one of the bones had calcified.

Video surveillance entered as exhibits in BC Supreme Court and obtained by Global News showed Telechea belligerently disrupting staff to the point they called the police.

Within weeks , the chief of investigations for B.C. ’s police watchdog not only cleared Singh but commended his actions.

“There was a very real risk that the officer(Sgt. Singh ) was about to suffer grievous bodily harm or death,” wrote Jessica Berglund in.