Rugby woman arrested on suspicion of attacking a PCSO in front of a child in the town centre

A Rugby woman has been arrested on suspcion of two offences after she allegedly attacked a PCSO.

On the afternoon of Sunday, October 4, a PCSO approached someone they suspected of dealing drugs on North Street.

A 29-year-old woman then allegedly attacked the officer.

The woman was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker and, because the woman had a child with her at the time, of child neglect.

The Rugby PCSO was one of four Warwickshire police officers who were attacked over the weekend.

On Friday an officer was allegedly kicked in the head in Bedworth, while two further attacks on officers in Nuneaton took place on Sunday.

In three instances arrests were made and, in the fourth, a man was detained under the Mental Health Act.

A spokesperson for Warwickshire Police said that fortunately, no officers were badly injured.