Police Officers Attacked in Custody
Keywords
Attacks on Police, Assaults, Custody, Weapons, Injuries.
Publication Number
PUB 1104
FOI Reference Number
14869
Request Title
Police Officers Attacked in Custody
Date Range
2016 to 2020
Information Requested
The total number of police officers attacked by suspects in police custody centres over the past four years?
Of those attacks, how many were carried out using weapons - and what were the weapons?
How badly injured were the officers involved/what were the injuries they suffered - e.g. stab wounds?
If possible, can you tell me how many of the suspects were handcuffed when they carried out the attacks?
And can I please get a breakdown of the figures for each year?
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure
Information Correct as at
06 October 2020
Date of Disclosure
14 October 2020
Related Documents/Links
Assaults on Police Officers - 23 March 2021 to 23 June 2021
Monthly Breakdown of Assaults on Police Jan 2019 to Oct 2020
FOI 14869 Response
Caveats:
• Essex Police do not routinely record whether an offence has occurred in a Custody Suite, therefore we have included any offence location that contains the word “Police”.
• Essex Police only record the use of two types of weapon – Knife and Firearm. No further detail is available.
• Essex Police do not routinely record the type or severity of injury in crime reports.
• Essex Police do not routinely record whether suspects were handcuffed in an easily reportable format.
|
Year |
Officer Assaults |
|
2016 |
61 |
|
2017 |
135 |
|
2018 |
167 |
|
2019 |
237 |
|
2020 |
225 |
2 Assaults have a FIREARMS marker. Both in 2018
1 Assault has a KNIFE marker. This was in 2020