Submitted by Gill Levy on Friday 13th March 2026
Published on Thursday 16th April 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Friday 16th October 2026
Current Signatures: 1,964
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Tagged with
abuse ~ Accept ~ Alarm ~ Central ~ Considered ~ Courts ~ design ~ Duty ~ Freedom ~ Freedom of Speech ~ hospitality ~ Officers ~ Police ~ police officer ~ Protecting ~ public order act ~ Respect ~ Schools ~ society ~ speech ~ The Police ~ The Streets ~ Viewing ~ Worthy
Introduce Legislation to make Verbal Abuse toward Police Officers an offence
We believe that to some it's become acceptable that police officers get verbally abused and are considered too hardened to experience Harassment, Alarm of Distress for Public Order Act offences. They are public servants worthy of protection from abuse. Make it an offence to verbally abuse officers.
Respect for authority is a central aspect of a functional society, in schools, in courts, in hospitals, and on the streets. We believe this is not a freedom of speech matter, and others in society are protected from abuse. We think well designed legislation can protect police officers, without limiting accountability. In our view, society gets the police service it deserves, and if we want officers who will protect us, we have a duty to protect them.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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