A BARNSLEY MP has backed new measures to bring in tougher sentences for thugs who assault police.
Michael Dugher, MP for Barnsey East, supported proposed legislation that will introduce tougher custodial terms for criminals who assault police and other members of the emergency services.
Mr Dugher co-sponsored Halifax Labour MP Holly Lynch’s Crime (Assaults on Emergency Services Staff) Bill in the House of Commons to make such offences “aggravated” crimes that would attract tougher penalties.
The new law would see harsher sentences imposed on offenders who assault police and emergency services personnel, after criticism that fines and suspended sentences have proved an insufficient deterrent.
The move comes after a rising number of attacks on police in Barnsley.
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