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Justice Minister Calls for Harsher Penalties After Police Assaults
12/28/2025
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- Justice Minister Naomi Long condemned assaults on fourteen police officers in Northern Ireland as utterly unacceptable.
- One officer required hospital treatment.
- Long plans to introduce legislation for harsher penalties for those who assault officers or public service workers.
- PSNI Chief Inspector Adam Ruston echoed concerns that such behaviour endangers officers and the public.
- Police are seeking information about a car-ramming incident.
