It's the kind of incident that shows why people are frightened of downtown Saskatoon and why police are moving more officers to the street. ​

A half-dozen police cars, an ambulance and a fire truck jammed the street in front of The Lighthouse Supported Living building on 2rd Avenue South at 8 a.m. CST on a Thursday morning.

Suspect subdued and upright. (Dan Zakreski/CBC) Some officers re-directed people away from the main entrance. Cruisers with flashing lights were double-parked on the street, downtown morning traffic came to a crawl. An officer with a shotgun walked the sidewalk.

They were responding to reports of a disturbance inside the building.

Police said later that a 31-year-old man was taken to hospital. Staff at the Lighthouse had reported that a male was causing a disturbance and was in possession of a knife.

They also reported that the man may have been under the influence of an intoxicant. Officers arrived and located the male inside a vestibule. When they attempted to take him into custody he became unconscious.

No one was injured during the incident.