Fremantle Detectives charged the 32-year-old man from Success on Wednesday after he allegedly threw a plastic bottle containing an accelerant toward the station at about 4.30pm.
A Western Australian man has been accused of throwing a molotov cocktail at the Cockburn police station following news of a vaccination mandate in the state.
Police say the bottle did not hit the station and only travelled about two metres.
The man was charged with one count of unlawful act or omission with intent to harm and was set to appear in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Thursday.
WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said police had requested a mental health assessment and officers who spoke to the man noted he was agitated.
“He was also holding a Molotov cocktail which he lit,” he said. “The officers were able to subdue the man without too much further issue there.
“We have arrested him,we’ve charged him with acts endangering life.”
Mr Dawson,who is also WA’s Vaccine Commander,said police would allege some of the man’s motivation had been linked to the mandated vaccination orders for some industries.
“But that is not the real issue here. The real issue here is an alleged crime has been committed,” he said.
“It’s a very concerning incident,we know emotions are running high in the community ... we cannot have anyone doing these sorts of crimes in the community that put them and others around them at risk. This is a really serious matter.
“People can be agitated about ideological views or whatever they are poorly motivated by,but you cannot go around lighting fires and threatening to throw Molotov cocktails.”
Police have been dealing with several security threats in recent weeks as anti-vaccination protesters have targeted politicians and the Premier.
Mark McGowan’s mobile number was released online and protesters have stood outside of his Rockingham home while his family were inside in recent weeks.
Mr Dawson said he still expected police to lay charges over threats to kill public figures.
“Our state security group is working our way through a whole range of those sorts of operational matters,” he said.
“There have been threats made against the Premier,and other people and including police. We do not take this lightly. It is a serious crime to threaten to kill people.”