WFPS member arrested by domestic violence unit
Posted July 22, 2026 1:41 pm.
A member of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service was arrested Tuesday for allegedly violating a protection order against him.
Christopher Goethals, 59, has been charged with disobeying an order of the court and was detained in custody.
Goethals, who was required not to be within a particular distance of a person, is accused of driving into an area that violated that order on July 15.
Winnipeg police say it happened while he was “working modified duties in full WFPS uniform and operating a fleet vehicle.”
WPS was notified and members of the domestic violence unit arrested him.
The allegation against him has not been tested in court.
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