Police punched and bitten in weekend attacks

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Ten constabulary officers and constabulary assemblage enactment officers were assaulted implicit the weekend, Cheshire's main constable has said, with immoderate being punched and kicked successful the head.

Mark Roberts said officers were besides pushed and bitten during attacks crossed the region connected Saturday and Sunday.

Condemning the attacks, helium said his officers and constabulary assemblage enactment officers were assaulted portion "simply trying to bash their job".

"Nobody should person to travel to enactment and expect that they volition beryllium verbally oregon physically assaulted," helium added.

'Enough is enough'

"While the quality of policing inevitably requires officers to woody with convulsive and challenging situations, that does not mean that our officers tin beryllium utilized arsenic punchbags," said Chief Constable Roberts.

"Unfortunately this fig is not unusual," helium said, adding that officers often person to instrumentality clip disconnected enactment pursuing assaults.

This not lone has a detrimental effect connected resourcing, helium said, but tin besides summation the unit connected chap officers.

A unit spokesperson said nary of the officers had sustained superior injuries this weekend.

Cheshire Police said it had spoken retired astir the attacks due to the fact that it wanted to item what officers spell done each play and to accidental "enough is enough".

Assaulting a constabulary serviceman is simply a transgression offence punishable by up to 2 years successful prison.

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