Attacks on police in Thames Valley hit a four-year high during the coronavirus pandemic, figures reveal, with officers assaulted four times a day on average. The number of assaults across England and Wales has been described as disgusting by the Police Federation, which says many offences involved spitting and coughing during a time of fear over the spread of Covid-19. Home Office data shows 1,313 attacks on police officers were recorded by Thames Valley Police between April 2020 and March 2021. That was an increase from the 1,083 reported the previous year, and the highest number since comparable figures began in 2017-18. Of the attacks in 2020-21, 242 resulted in an injury to the officer, compared to 209 the previous year, while in 1,071 cases the officer escaped physically unhurt.
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