What is the current state of the law in Canada on the basis of a police officer's belief in exercising a lawful arrest?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Newsome, 2017 BCSC 56 (CanLII):
The belief of the officer in exercising a lawful arrest “must depend on the subjective belief of the arresting officer and an objective assessment of that belief based on what the officer knew at the material time”: Richardson v. Vancouver (City), 2006 BCCA 36.
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