People who attack paramedics would automatically be jailed under tough new laws to be debated by Parliament.
A new bill proposes a mandatory minimum sentence of six months’ jail for assaults on all first responders, including paramedics and prison officers.
Last year, St John paramedics suffered 2556 incidents of abuse including cases of verbal abuse, being beaten, knocked unconscious, having limbs broken, bottles thrown at them and being groped while on the job. [Read more…]