Cleveland Police is warning that assaults on emergency workers will not be tolerated after five assa - Friday 17 May 2019

By Hartlepool Alert

Cleveland Police is warning that assaults on emergency workers will not be tolerated after five assaults on police officers within the space of 48 hours. On Wednesday 15th May, two officers responding to a report of a woman causing a disturbance in Hartlepool were allegedly kicked in the chest and stomach whilst making an arrest. A 22yearold woman from the Hartlepool area was arrested and charged with two counts of assault on an emergency worker. She is due to appear at court on Friday 31st May. On Thursday 16th May, police responding to a report of a woman in distress in Middlesbrough were subjected to aggression and whilst restraining the woman, she attempted to bite an officer during the course of being detained. The 24yearold woman was arrested on suspicion of making threats to cause criminal damage and assaulting an emergency worker. She remains in police custody at this time. Later that day, officers responding to a disturbance in Stockton were subjected to further alleged assaults. Police attended an address whereby a 34yearold woman is alleged to have headbutted an officer, before kicking two others in the head whilst being put into a police van. The woman was charged with three counts of assault on an emergency worker and she is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates Court on Monday 3rd June. Assistant Chief Constable Jason Harwin said It is incomprehensible that any emergency workers who are there to help people in their time of need, often putting their own lives on the line in the process, would be subject to vile abuse and assaults. It is only right that anyone who assaults an emergency services worker are put before the courts. Our officers and staff are human just like the rest of us they are sons and daughters, fathers and mothers and they do not go to work to become victims of assault. Abuse is not always physical, it can have psychological effects, and this will not be tolerated. The Assaults on Emergency Workers Act 2018 legislation will be utilised wherever possible.

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