Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair confirmed in a tweet today that members of the Canadian Armed Forces are now assisting with the search for Tobias Doucette.
We’ve approved Nova Scotia's Request for Assistance from @NationalDefence, to help support the RCMP’s search for a suspect in Bridgewater. Keeping Canadians safe is our top priority.
— Bill Blair (@BillBlair) July 22, 2020
The tweet did not mention specifically what resources have been dispatched.
We reached out to Blair’s office for more details but did not immediately receive a response.
In addition to military aid a search and rescue plane has been seen flying around the South Shore to aid in the search.
Tobias Doucette has been charged with attempted murder and assault in connection with a domestic dispute Monday evening that saw one officer stabbed in the neck.