An RCMP officer was in a Surrey courtroom on Friday to describe the aftermath of a frightening incident in which a man rammed his SUV into a parked police cruiser, injuring herself and another Mountie.

“For quite some time after, and to this day, I felt a lot of anger and anxiety over the incident,” said Const. Bonnie Sauve. “It took me a long time to feel somewhat comfortable putting a uniform back on again. [I’m] quite hypervigilant on the job.”

In January 2014, James Burton Weaver, 47, drove his Ford Explorer at high speed through the parking lot of the RCMP’s Newton district office and plowed into a cruiser. A Mountie was pinned between two cars, while Sauve, who was sitting in the parked car, was also injured.

Weaver was found guilty of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon. He was in court on Friday for the first day of sentencing.

Surveillance video obtained by CTV News through the courts shows the vehicle driven by Weaver creeping up, then accelerating. The car smashes into a parked police car, pushing it into another cruiser, leaving an officer pinned.

Both Mounties suffered non-life threatening injuries in the incident: Sauve was treated for soft tissue injuries, a haematoma to her left shoulder and torn rotator cuff, while her colleague had a minor leg injury.

Sauve says the injuries she suffered from were more than physical.

“I was afraid because I couldn't see [Weaver] in the vehicle,” she said, crying. “My thought was he was going to start shooting, I just didn't know what was going to happen. There was a fear of not seeing my family, and my kids.”

Just after the crash, Weaver’s girlfriend told CTV he suffered from depression and was supposed to be on medication.

“He said that he was feeling good so he didn’t think he needed them, so he quit taking them and then you could see the instant decline,” said Kathy Labinsky said at the time of the incident. “He needs professional help, medication, probably some counselling.”

Weaver has previously been convicted of possession of a controlled substance and assault, among other things, but Labinsky said he had cleaned up his act in recent years, even receiving an award for turning his life around.

Despite everything, Sauve says the incident won’t stop her from doing her job.

“I hope [Weaver] really looks back at his actions and knows it will not deter myself or my co-worker or the other police officers from doing our job and doing it right and protecting those we signed up to do.”

Weaver will remain in jail until sentencing.

With files from CTV Vancouver’s Michele Brunoro