Nine officers a day are assaulted while doing their job.

Our officers are kicked, punched, headbutted, spat at, rammed by vehicles and attacked with weapons. No person doing their job should have to face such violence on an all too regular basis.

Attacks on police officers need to stop. It is abhorrent and completely unacceptable that police officers have borne the brunt of vicious assaults and attacks whilst carrying out their duties.

These assaults have a detrimental impact not only on the officer and their family but have knock on consequences on the community and the policing service they receive when those officers are off duty recovering from their injuries.  

In an under resourced police service every person counts and we want to ensure that our officers are available to respond effectively to all calls for service.

We want our communities to “Let Them Protect” – to condemn the perpetrators, show empathy with our officers and understand the real consequences for themselves and their families when a police officer is unable to be at work and perform their duties due to being assaulted.