Operation to tackle assaults on emergency workers
Emergency services across Swindon and Wiltshire have joined Operation Cavell.
Emergency services across Swindon and Wiltshire have launched an operation to tackle the increasing number of assaults on emergency workers.
Operation Cavell also aims to prosecute more offenders.
Last year, there were 299 reported assaults on Police Officers in Wiltshire - of which 14 caused Actual Bodily Harm.
Wiltshire Police Chief Constable Kier Pritchard said: “My Officers and staff who face daily dangers and see traumatic incidents during their work, it strikes me that it is a sad reflection of modern society that Operation Cavell is needed to raise awareness of the number of assaults on their persons.”
“In 2021, there were 299 reported assaults on Police Officers of which 14 caused Actual Bodily Harm. This is unacceptable.”
“Nobody should be put in a position where they are physically or verbally assaulted in their workplace – wherever that may be. As such we are committed to supporting all emergency workers to secure convictions on those members of the public who believe that violence or abusive language is an appropriate course of action. It’s not part of the job.”