00:02Police take over a suburban street investigating an alleged violent attack against one of their own.
00:09Police were responding to a disturbance call at a residential address between a father and a son.
00:15A 35 year old Hammett man has armed himself with a knife and he has used that knife to stab
00:22one of our officers, a male constable, twice in the neck.
00:26The 35 year old left the scene on a bike before dumping it and continuing on foot.
00:31He managed to chase after the offender, deploy a taser but only had to stop because he was getting weary
00:38from blood loss.
00:39Police arrested the alleged attacker around two hours later.
00:43Outside a service station in Manly West.
00:46This officer graduated from the academy in July, only 10 weeks service.
00:50A knife found by a neighbour was handed in to police.
00:53We saw police vehicles and ambulances and paramedics going up.
00:57Walked up that way to have a look, see what was going on obviously.
01:02Then we went down the path and the blade was on the ground and the police didn't even know it
01:07was there.
01:08It was a folding knife, about four to five inches.
01:12No handle, broken off.
01:14So the handle had obviously been broken in the fight with blood on it.
01:18The 41 year old is in a stable condition in the Princess Alexandra Hospital where he's expected to undergo surgery.
01:25The officers partner, a senior constable, was also allegedly slashed during the altercation.
01:31He's since been treated in hospital and is now recovering at home.
01:34The accused attacker will face Cleveland court tomorrow on two counts of attempted murder.
01:39So.
01:40So.
01:41So.
01:43So.
01:44So.
