Two out of five police officers assaulted on duty in year to March 2019

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Two out of five officers reported being assaulted on duty in the previous year, with police chiefs vowing to introduce measures to keep them safer without adopting a paramilitary" style of policing.

A survey for the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) covering the year to 21 March 2019 found that officers were assaulted and injured 10,409 times, up 26% on the previous year. There were another 20,476 assaults without injury, up 13% on the previous year.