Survey finds 75% of police and 50% of ambulance staff injured in drink-related incidents,which prefer up 53% of police timePolice officers have urged ministers to call time on 24-hour licensing, after three-quarters of police officers and 50% of ambulance staff told a survey they had been injured while handling drink-related violence.
Respondents to the survey by the Institute of Alcohol Studies said there was a culture of fear among emergency service workers approximately being attacked when dealing with alcohol-related incidents. Just more than half of the ambulance staff said drunken patients had sexually harassed or assaulted them.
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Source: theguardian.com