More than 280 gardai were injured in the line of duty last year with dislocations, head injuries, open wounds, and bites all reported.
Bruising, grazes, and bites were the most common type of hazard faced by officers with 102 officers having suffered one of those types of injury.
There were 17 gardai that suffered closed fractures and another six that endured a painful dislocation, according to data released under FOI.
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An Garda reported one case of an officer having suffered an infection through an attack and seven cases of “internal head injuries”.
Internal injuries – excluding damage to the head – were reported on two occasions according to data provided by gardaí.
There were seventeen cases of “open wounds”, and 65 attacks that were classified as “other” meaning a variety of different types of occupational injury.
Gardaí also recorded one case of serious multiple injuries and 67 times when a garda suffered a sprain or strain while on duty.
Altogether, there were 285 incidents where officers suffered injuries during an attack last year, up on the 243 cases that were reported in 2021.
According to the garda figures, there were 25 attacks on officers in the Mayo, Roscommon, and Longford Division.
Another twenty cases were reported in Galway, eighteen in Kerry, and eighteen in Louth.
In Cork City, injuries to officers were recorded on eleven occasions, while there were eight cases in Cork North and six in Cork West.
In the capital, there were 17 attacks on gardaí that caused injuries in the Dublin Metropolitan Region North Division and 12 in the Dublin Metropolitan Region West Division.
The lowest number of injuries were recorded in Westmeath where there were just two incidents and in Dublin Road Policing and the Immigration Bureau, both of which had just a single case recorded.
An Garda has said it is mindful of the significant occupational demands placed on its members and their exposure to very stressful and traumatic situations.
Critical support is made available through the chief medical officer, the employee assistance service, the peer support network, and through counselling.
Every garda injured while on duty is entitled to make a claim under the Garda Compensation Scheme.
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