Woman with a knife arrested at Yorkville University

Police say a woman with a knife was arrested inside a New Westminster school on Wednesday.

Police say a woman with a knife was arrested inside a New Westminster school on Wednesday.

The New Westminster Police Department says at around 8 a.m. police got a call from staff at Yorkville University on 6th Street saying a woman, who is not a student at the school, was armed with a knife.

“Students and staff feared for their safety,” it said, in a release.

Security at the school isolated the armed woman before police arrived.

New Westminster PD say patrol officers prioritized the safety of staff and students, asking them to leave the building and they tried to have the armed woman taken safely into police custody.

“Patrol officers engaged in de-escalation techniques with the armed woman.”