Police representatives reacted with disappointment after a thug who ran over an officer in an attempt to avoid justice was jailed for less than three years.
Umar Anwar, 31, was sat behind the wheel of a white Ford transit van when two Merseyside Police constables tried to speak to him in St Helens, after a member of the public had found a bag containing cannabis and a quantity of cash.
But when one of the officers told him they intended to carry out a drugs search, he slammed the accelerator down dragging PC Dan Parr along the road, who screamed in agony as his legs and pelvic area went under the wheels.
