Vancouver man sentenced to jail for injuring BC Highway Patrol officer

Tobin Haas, a 58-year-old Vancouver man, has been sentenced to 12.5 months in jail following an incident in Delta that left a BC Highway Patrol officer seriously injured.

The incident occurred on February 17, 2024, on Highway 91 near 72nd Avenue. An officer stopped Haas’s grey Nissan due to a suspected outstanding arrest warrant. When asked for identification, Haas fled the scene, dragging the officer with the vehicle until the officer could disengage.

Haas pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a vehicle causing bodily harm and driving with a suspended licence. In addition to his jail sentence, he received two years of probation and a three-year driving prohibition. The injured officer is reportedly still recovering from the injuries sustained during the encounter.