Woman spat in policewoman’s eye during domestic incident

According to Lincolnshire Police, they were called to a report of a domestic incident at an address on St Giles Avenue shortly before 11pm on Tuesday night.

Sleaford officer PC Jimmy Conway tweeted about the experience later saying: “A detainee spat in the eye of my crew partner tonight.

“Assaults on police is an everyday occurrence in modern policing.

“She’s ok. Horrible situation. Even worse during COVID.”

A police spokesman explained: “A woman was detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. She then spat in an officer’s face while she was being moved to a police van. She was taken to Lincoln County Hospital to be assessed.”

She will be dealt with accordingly in due course.

During lockdown, senior officers called out the number of assaults on policde that were occurring including spitting, biting, headbutting, elbowing and punching.

Deputy Chief Constable Jason Harwin condemned the actions saying: “Any assault against any emergency worker is not acceptable, and quite rightly, those that have taken the action to do so have been dealt with and will have to go through the criminal justice system.

“Emergency services are already strained and the last thing they need is to be assaulted when they’re trying to protect the public, not just in the traditional sense but also within the context of Covid-19.”

In July the Government began consulting on increasing the penalty for assaults on emergency workers.