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A mandatory prison sentence for those who assault emergency service personnel

Submitted on Thursday 6th August 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 11th August 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

A mandatory prison sentence for those who assault emergency service personnel

Petition Details

We want a mandatory custodial prison sentence for anyone who assaults emergency service personnel

Additional Information

Emergency service personnel deserve to work in a risk free environment without the fear of been assaulted, Police, Fire, Ambulance and other emergency workers should not be subjected to attacks and the government need to step up to protect them by making it a mandatory prison sentence for those who assault police fire and ambulance staff


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309432

The Governmetn has also launched a consultation on doubling the maximum penalty for assaults or attacks on emergency workers, which you might like to contribute to: www.gov.uk/government/news/consultation-launched-on-doubling-maximum-sentence-for-assaulting-an-emergency-worker

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