North Wales' controversial top cop also had his legs pinned by another officer as the pair attempted to apprehend a drunk in the town centre on New Year's Eve.

The revelations have come on Mr Brunstrom's own blog in which he painted a candid picture about a night on patrol.

In one incident a man brandishing a knife was 'tasered' - but not before Mr Brunstrom was himself sprayed with a so-called "Captor" spray by one of his own officers.

He said: "A domestic dispute resulted in police being called to find the offender shouting loudly in the rear garden of a house and brandishing a horribly large kitchen knife.

"A stand-off developed, with the police guarding the rear gate to prevent the offender's escape pending the arrival of reinforcements. I was in the 'rowdy van', which was equipped with riot shields.

"We deployed to the scene, but I then discovered to my surprise that I was the only shield trained officer present."

He then goes on to detail how the officers planned to apprehend the offender and said: "While preparing the assault - with me behind one of the shields - a colleague who shall remain nameless wisely decided to test his captor spray - but accidentally bounced it off the back of the shields, catching me neatly with a drop in one eye. Luckily it was only a small drop."

He adds: "Two Taser equipped officers confidently marched in behind shields, tasering the offender who promptly dropped the knife; we then rushed him to the ground in another mêlée, during which I was able to safely recover the knife from under the struggling mound.

"The usual crowd of local onlookers clapped and cheered our success."

He revealed 14 people had been arrested over New Year's Eve in the Wrexham area including three for affray, three for actual bodily harm, three for disorderly behaviour and two for drink driving.

Speaking about the incident in the town centre he said: "A man...had been ejected from one of the town centre clubs for poor behaviour which he then proceeded to repeat on the street in front of me and the local inspector.


"All went well until the handcuffing, at which point he decided to fight, and a strong guy he turned out to be.

"A mêlée ensued and we fell to the ground in a struggling heap with the inspector expertly pinning and immobilising a pair of thrashing legs.

"Unfortunately they were mine, not the offender's.

"With the assistance of other officers we got the situation under control and put our prisoner in a van uninjured."

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