CPS figures show over 50 assaults a day on emergency workers

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CPS figures show over 50 assaults a day on emergency workers

New figures from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) reveal they have prosecuted over 50 assaults a day since the introduction of the Assaults on Emergency Workers Act in 2018.

Date - 7th January 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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The Crown Prosecution Services has prosecuted more than 50 assaults a day in the first year of attacks on emergency workers becoming a specific offence, and a sample showed nine in ten cases were against police officers. The new figures show that...

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