Female cop, 50, run over and ‘left for dead’ with serious head injury and punctured lung as driver, 51, held
The shocking attack in Walsall is just one of at least TEN incidents this year where West Midlands Police officers 'could have been killed'
COPS have arrested a man in connection with a brutal hit-and-run incident where a police officer was "left for dead".
The female officer, 50, was left lying in the road with a serious head injury, a punctured lung and broken ribs.
She had been run over by a car after trying to help resolve a domestic dispute.
West Midlands Police detained a 51-year-old man on suspicion of assault at a house in the Birchills area of Walsall on Sunday.
He is currently in custody being questioned by cops about the hit-and-run which happened in Hatherton Street in the town on Thursday.
The officer is still in hospital recovering from her severe injuries.
The sickening attack joins a string of recent incidents where PCs were left injured.
Six West Midlands bobbies were hurt in just one 36-hour period recently, with another five cops being hurt over the weekend in two separate call-outs.
And last week, an off-duty West Mercia Police officer was stabbed in the chest in an attempted car-jacking in Birmingham.
The West Midlands Police Federation has said the level of violence against officers is "reaching crisis levels" and has called for policy-makers and police leaders to make sure officers have the right equipment and officer numbers to do their job.
Richard Cooke, branch chairman, said he knew of at least ten different incidents this year where he believed officers could have been killed.
Mr Cooke said: "We had an incident where we had an officer run over and left for dead, and another officer left with a broken leg after a firearms pursuit.
"The fact is there are more serious injuries of officers and when there are more serious injuries, there's more chance of someone getting killed."
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West Midlands Police chief constable David Thompson has previously said cuts to police budgets have weakened its ability to deal with rising crime.
The Home Office has said decisions about front-line policing, and how resources are best deployed, are for chief constables and police and crime commissioners.
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