Larger Manchester Police have arrested a person after a police sergeant was injured in an alleged hit-and-run.
The officer, who has not been named, was damage when his legs had been crushed between two autos, the power mentioned.
A automotive “reversed into the officer a number of occasions” on Frodsham Avenue, Rusholme, at roughly 18:00 on Friday. The motive force then fled the scene, the power mentioned.
A 41-year-old man is in custody and has been arrested on suspicion of assault, harmful driving and failure to cease, GMP added.
Wishing her colleague a “speedy restoration”, Assistant Chief Constable Steph Parker condemned any assault on an officer as “wholly unacceptable”.
These assaults take officers “away from having the ability to serve and defend the general public, which is what they arrive to work every shift to do”, she mentioned in a press release launched by GMP.
Assistant Chief Constable Parker added: “This incident is a reminder of the dangers that our frontline officers face each day as they go about their duties to maintain communities protected and reply to incidents.”
The GMP sergeant concerned within the alleged hit-and-run is being handled in hospital and isn’t believed to have life-threatening or life-altering accidents.
An investigation into the incident is now underneath approach.
Thanking individuals who had already come ahead with info, the assistant chief constable requested anybody who had related CCTV or dashcam footage to name police on 101.
