Police are the most often assaulted emergency service
A call has been made for tougher sentences for those who attack emergency workers as the number of assaults rise.
It went on the statute book for England and Wales last June, and means anyone convicted of the killing of a police officer, firefighter, nurse, doctor, prison officer or paramedic would be jailed for life with a mandatory minimum term of 40 years. Last month, the PSNI said the number of assaults resulting in injury to officers had hit a five-year high, from 516 recorded between April 2018 and March 2019, to 923 from April 2022 to February 2023.
Last week police officers in Derry were attacked by youths with masonry during a search operation. There were also thousands of attacks on health service staff between January 1 2021 to October 31 2022. "We need real deterrents to curb this growing and worrying trend of assaults on our officers," he told the PA news agency.
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