Police officers in particular accept that there is a risk in the job that they do and they are appropriately trained and equipped to deal with this risk. “Our officers and staff remain dedicated to protecting members of the public, often placing themselves in dangerous situations, putting their own safety at risk to achieve this. The Chief Constable said: 'Violence towards police officers is becoming more frequent nationally, and Humberside Police area is no exception. The next four highest were also in Hull, ranging from 18 to 16 in cases of officers assaulted from October 2019 to March this year.Ĭhief Constable Anderson said assaults should never be a part of the job police officers do. The highest count of offences recorded in a single incident was 20, on an officer assaulted in Hull in October 2020. It was followed by North East Lincolnshire, where 269 officers were assaulted, North Lincolnshire, 205 and the East Riding, 201. Hull had the highest share of the total assaults, with 281 recorded there since the start of 2018. Humberside Police Chief Constable Paul Anderson said the assaults were wholly unacceptable (Image: Chris Vaughan) The gender of two victims was not recorded and another was indeterminate.

Male officers were the victims in the majority of cases, 570, with 477 women assaulted during the same period. The number of officers assaulted up to July this year was 130. The 208 officers assaulted in 2022 was down slightly on 2018's 211 but was higher than the 205 recorded in 2019. Firefighters suffering despicable abuse with 'significant increase' in attacks.New Humberside Police Chief Constable talks crime, officer numbers, public trust and more.Attacks on officers peaked during 2020 when 227 were assaulted, with the total dropping to 219 the following year and 208 last year.

Humberside Police Chief Constable Paul Anderson said violence towards officers was becoming more frequent nationally and the force was no exception.įigures from a freedom of information request showed that of the assaults on police officers since 2018, 723 resulted in no injury.

Humberside Police figures showed 1,201 police constables were assaulted from the start of 2018 to July this year, with around a quarter of them resulting in injuries. A rise in assaults on Humberside Police officers which has seen 477 injured since 2018 is wholly unacceptable, the force's chief constable has said.

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