LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

Read of the skills, bravery and tenacity of the response team for which British Columbians are forever thankful.

All injured officers survived their physical wounds but several remain on stress leave.

"Just as the door of the unmarked, white cargo van slid open, one of the assailants turned toward the van and raised his rifle.

"As he's doing that, he immediately starts pulling the trigger and he's able to get off a number of rounds – a series of rounds."

bc.ctvnews.ca

Two years after a deadly gun battle between police and a pair of heavily armed assailants stunned the community of Saanich, B.C., one of the officers who was critically injured in the shootout is speaking about it publicly for the first time.