Northern Ireland written question – answered at on 9 October 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many officers of the Police Service of Northern Ireland were assaulted in (a) the Ards, (b) the Castlereagh and (c) the Down District Command Units in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
The number of 'assault on police' offences recorded is as follows:
District Command Unit | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
Ards | 52 | 72 | 50 |
Castlereagh | 24 | 25 | 26 |
Down | 72 | 101 | 108 |
These figures do not include all instances in which a police office was assaulted. Assaults resulting in serious injury eg wounding or GBH, are not included as they are counted in the specific wounding or GBH categories and these figures are not broken down by the occupation of the victim.
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