Transit police officer charged with assault

Tiffany Crawford, Vancouver Sun 


 A Transit police officer has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and assaulting a police officer in connection with an incident at a New Westminster bar last fall.
New Westminster police were called to a bar on Sept. 12 where several people were fighting outside in the 500-block of 7th Street.
Staff Sgt. Paul Hyland said Brian Lawson was arrested at the scene. It was later determined that he was an off-duty Transit police officer.
Lawson will be in court March 6.

