Justice, News August 5th, 2026Deer Lake RCMP and the RCMP West District General Investigation Section (GIS) arrested a man Monday evening after he fled from police during an attempted traffic stop. Alan Renouf faces four Criminal Code charges, including assault with a weapon and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. On August 3, officers with the RCMP-RNC Joint Forces Operation (JFO West) and West District GIS requested assistance from the Deer Lake RCMP detachment to stop a suspicious vehicle in a rural area outside Deer Lake. Additional officers from the Deer Lake detachment, West District GIS and Police Dog Services were engaged to stop the driver of the vehicle, identified as 45-year-old Alan Renouf. The driver failed to stop for police and caused minor damage to two police vehicles while attempting to evade the officers.