Man slashes tire while cop sits in cruiser

It's not wise to slash a tire when there's a cop sitting in the car.

But that's what a 22-year-old Hamilton man did Thursday night when he punctured a tire on an unmarked Peel police cruiser sitting at the curb on a Hamilton street.

Peel officers were on an unrelated investigation on Britannia Avenue near Grimsby Avenue.

Two men and a young woman walked by, and one of the men stuck a knife in the cruiser's tire. The officer inside contacted his colleagues who were nearby, and they arrested all three a few metres away. One man and the woman were released.