Rejected petition A mandatory prison sentence for those who assault emergency service personnel

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

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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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Why was this petition rejected?

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

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://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: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/consultation-launched-on-doubling-maximum-sentence-for-assaulting-an-emergency-worker

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Date submitted 6 August 2020
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