THE Criminal Justice System must do more to prevent assaults on police officers and to support those who have come under attack, according to Essex Police Federation Chairman Steve Taylor.<\/p>\n
He was speaking after police chiefs met for an emergency summit into police assaults.<\/p>\n
The National Police Chiefs\u2019 Council launched a review into officer safety, training, equipment and operational planning following a surge in attacks. Steve welcomed the project, but asked whether it was really necessary.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cDid they really need a summit to work out that we need to take a look at our equipment, that we need to take a look at how officers are supported post-assault? All they had to do is look at their own forces, listen to their own federations and they\u2019d be given that information.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut they\u2019ve taken the time, they\u2019ve sat down and had a summit and now they know what we know to be true; that there is better equipment out there that officers could be given, there is more capacity for body-worn video, for Taser, and there is more support that we could receive from partners in the criminal justice system when officers face assault.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been saying this for a while. It\u2019s encouraging to know that finally they\u2019re on a similar page to us, and maybe as a unified voice, going forward, we can start to effect some change in these areas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve said the most important improvement could be made in criminal justice, with partners doing more to support officers that come under attack.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cAn assault on a police officer is an assault on society. It\u2019s that simple. And in no way, shape or form is anyone getting assaulted acceptable. We need to do a better job protecting the protectors and we need to do a better job deterring those that think it\u2019s acceptable to assault officers. We need to do a better job sending the right signal when they come before the bench, when they come into the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it\u2019s not just the individual officer that\u2019s affected by that assault. It\u2019s their colleagues, it\u2019s their family, it\u2019s the wider community. There is a lot of people in that equation and they\u2019re all better served if we can convince our partners and ourselves to do a better job looking after officers and supporting staff who are assaulted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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