A Norfolk policeman who was assaulted by two women in separate incidents within the space of a single day hopes the introduction of body-worn cameras will reduce attacks on members of the force.
Constable Dan Taylor, the beat manager for Norwich West, said the technology should act as a deterrent which would force people to think twice before getting physical with officers on duty.
PC Taylor said: 'Body-worn video cameras are due to come in and hopefully that will be a deterrent for people not to assault police officers and behave a bit better. It will also make policing more transparent and accountable.
'It will also show a true reflection of each incident, which will be of help to the public and the courts.'
On Monday night (April 10) in Clover Hill Road, Bowthorpe, PC Taylor said a woman who he believed was 'Hep-C contagious' dig her nails into his hand, and she tried to punch him.
And the following evening, another woman who earlier assaulted two police officers near the Eagle Pub in Newmarket Road, Norwich, kicked PC Taylor in the groin after she was arrested and brought to Norfolk Police headquarters in Wymondham.
PC Taylor later posted on Twitter about this incident, saying: 'Just been assaulted .. again by being kicked by a female in the 'gentleman's area' and leg. She's been arrested for assault Police x3.'
Both women were charged following the assaults.
Officers are to start wearing body cameras this year
Police in Norfolk will be equipped with body-worn cameras in a phased roll-out to frontline officers beginning in the second quarter of 2017.
Police and crime commissioner Lorne Green announced the move in October as part of a push to equip police with '21st century tools to fight 21st century crime'.
Mr Green has also spoken out against assaults on police officers, branding them 'intolerable'.
He said: 'An assault on the police is an assault on the community, because we rely on the police to keep our community safe. It can't be tolerated.'
Assaults on police officers and staff in the county have risen from 73 in 2011/12 to 475 in 2015/16.
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