The Commissioner of Scotland Yard, Sir Mark Rowley, attributes the increase in attacks on police officers in London to a decline in respect for authority. He reveals alarming statistics, including 18 daily physical assaults and two serious injuries per week.
The head of Scotland Yard has said a rise in attacks on police officers in London can be put down to a lack of respect towards figures of authority. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley spoke to Nick Ferrari at breakfast on LBC this morning where he revealed that there are 18 physical attacks on police every day on the streets of London, with two officers seriously injured each week.Sir Mark told Nick: “The aggression and violence officers face is really ghastly.
”“As people are having Christmas dinners, and celebrating over Christmas and New Year, assaults on police officers will go up by a quarter. They do every Christmas because of alcohol and violence. “We have 18 officers a day assaulted. It’s always physical. About half of them are injured. Of those two a week are serious injuries.“It’s far different to decades ago. The aggression and violence officers face is really ghastly.Read more: Horrifying moment man lunges at police with circular saw, as Met reveals attacks on officers spike over ChristmasRead more: Schoolgirl 'blackmailed into having sex with male student' on out of control skiing trip, as headteacher bannedAsked why he thinks policing has become so much more dangerous, he said: “I think there’s more weapons out there. The second thing is I think there’s just less respect of authority.“All institutions suffer this, policing, journalism, politics, teachers, doctors and nurses… assaults in casualty, the challenges that teachers face.“All institutions and particularly in the public sector, it’s become more legitimate to criticise.He said often public discourse was “legitimising the violence and the anger that’s out there.” Police forces are facing 'inevitable' cuts with a £1.3 billion shortfall in funding over the next two years, chief constables have warned.Ministers have set out a provisional 3.5% real-terms increase in funding for forces, with a third of the total £986.9 million package depending on council taxes increasing by £14 for the average Band D hous
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