The Metropolitan Police Commissioner today said she is 'extremely disappointed' that frontline officers have not been given priority for Covid-19 vaccinations.
Dame Cressida Dick said 147 of her colleagues have been coughed at and another 51 spat at by people claiming to have coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
She said around 10,000 fines have now been handed out in London for breaches of regulations since restrictions came into force in March, with the rate of tickets issued up during the latest wave.
Dame Cressida has now backed an open letter sent from the Police Federation of England and Wales to officials in Westminster and the Welsh Assembly, which said failing to vaccinate officers would be 'a deep betrayal'.