A police officer in Wales has detailed her experiences of being subjected to a horrific assault while on duty. South Wales Police PC Cara Roberts said the terrifying assault left her in tears driving home from work and fearing she had broken her nose or had her teeth knocked out.
PC Roberts, based in Aberdare, said the incident happened just a few months after she started her job with the force while she was trying to help a woman who was intoxicated and distressed. South Wales Police said there had been over 800 reports of its officers being assaulted whilst on duty since January this year, 31% of which happened in the mid-Glamorgan area.
After speaking with the woman PC Roberts said she agreed that she would go the hospital with PC Roberts and her colleague for a wellness check. "My colleague and I were waiting at the hospital with her when she tried to grab my colleague's work phone," she explained. "She became aggressive, shouting and swearing at us in the hallway before she pushed a wheelchair into my colleague."
