Extracts from second reading debate (Commons) of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill - Oct 20
Sunday, 22 October 2017 10:40
Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) (Lab):...Last year I took
part in the police service parliamentary scheme, which gave me a
small glimpse of the commitment and dedication of police officers,
and of the pressure and difficult circumstances they have to deal
with on a daily basis. On the scheme I spent some time with special
constables. My dad was a special constable with South Wales
Police when I was young. He was seriously attacked in that
role, and it is important that we...Request free trial
(Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
(Lab):...Last year I took part in the police service
parliamentary scheme, which gave me a small glimpse of the
commitment and dedication of police officers, and of the pressure
and difficult circumstances they have to deal with on a daily
basis. On the scheme I spent some time with special constables. My
dad was a special constable with South Wales Police when I was young.
He was seriously attacked in that role, and it is important that we
remember the role of special constables and remember that they are
an essential part of the police family...
...A third of my constituency is within the Gwent police force
area, and its records show that 103 police officers have been
assaulted since 2015, an average of one a week, 24 of which were
assaults on detention staff in custody suites. The larger part of
my constituency lies in the South
Wales Police area, and there, on average, nine officers
are assaulted in any given week. Assaults often mean that officers
are absent from their duties, which means that police resources are
further depleted at a time when police numbers are significantly
down owing to cuts...
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