putting themselves in harm's way, those who do help certainly earn the "respect and appreciation" of the RCMP. The 40-year-old suspect, whose frame Paske believed to be bigger than his own six-foot-three, 200-pound body, was subsequently charged with impaired driving and assaulting a police officer. Paske said he has two years' worth of jiu jitsu training, "so I was confident in my abilities to subdue him." Kelowna RCMP Insp. Cam Forgues told reporters today there are no bruised egos when officers get help from the public. "I don't think there's anybody in this world that there's not somebody bigger than you," he said, adding cops have other means of gaining compliance at their disposal, such as pepper spray. Erin Courtney, who was in the car with Paske that night after watching the movie 2012 at a local theatre, was beaming at today's ceremony. She said her boyfriend's heroics weren't out of character. "It's very much a part of his personality," she said. The civilian who stopped first, an older male, stood by and left once the situation was under control. Police don't know who he is, but extended their thanks to him as well. Cops here have handed out a number of similar awards in recent months. 7 Responses to "'He was fighting all the way,' says man who helped a cop subdue an angry motorist" Paske said he has two years' worth of jiu jitsu training, "so I was confident in my abilities to subdue him." Ugh. Opinions like