Officers Assaulted/Attacked

  • Reference Number: 1648
  • Date released: 05 February 2009

Request

  1. How many police officers were assaulted each year between 2006 and 2008?
  2. How many police officers were subject to knife attacks each year between 2006 and 2008?

Response

In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Question 1

  • A total of 204 officers were assaulted between 2006 & 2008
  • In the year 2006/2007, 99 officers were assaulted
  • In the year 2007/2008, 95 officers were assaulted

Question 2

In order to provide this information it would require a manual search through each individual officers personnel file and manual files kept by our own Health & Safety staff. This it is estimated would exceed the appropriate limit. The appropriate limit is defined in the Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004, which is covered by statutory Instrument Number 3244 of 2004.

Furthermore, section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows a public authority to refuse to respond to a request for information where the cost of compliance would exceed the appropriate limit as defined by the above mentioned regulations.

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