FOUR people were charged with assaulting Warwickshire Police officers over the New Year weekend.
On Friday night (December 31) an officer was allegedly kicked as he attempted to arrest a woman following a report of a disturbance at a property in Wordsworth Avenue, Warwick. The 41-year-old woman from Warwick was charged with assaulting an emergency worker. She will appear at Coventry Magistrates’ Court on January 28.
In the early hours of New Year’s Day an officer was allegedly assaulted when she responded to a report of a disturbance outside a licensed premises in High Street, Rugby. A 22-year-old man and 28-year-old woman, both from Rugby, were charged with assaulting an emergency worker. The woman was also charged with possession of cannabis. Both will appear at Coventry Magistrates’ Court on January 19.
A further arrest was made in Nuneaton on Sunday evening (January 2) when two officers were allegedly struck after responding to a report of an incident. A 23-year-old woman from Nuneaton was arrested and charged with two counts of assaulting an emergency worker. She will appear at Coventry Magistrates’ Court on January 25.
