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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