Figures obtained by the Sunday Mail show 5224 officers were assaulted last year, up on 4866 in 2022 and 4236 in 2021.
Attacks on Scotland’s frontline police officers are at an all-time high, with almost one in three falling victim to violence from the public.
The figure come 30 years after Constable Lewis Fulton was stabbed by schizophrenic Philip McFadden in June 1994 inThe 28-year-old died in hospital four hours later, leaving behind a wife and young son.He said: “The figures don’t surprise me. Police officers should not have to go to work to be assaulted. If you assault an officer, there needs to be a real tangible punishment.”
The figures, released under Freedom of Information, show 104 officers were seriously injured between 2021 and this March.
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