West Mercia Police Chief Superintendent Paul Moxley has said assaults against emergency workers will not be tolerated THE latest West Mercia Police crime figures show a rise in assaults against emergency workers, but a fall in offences generally. West Mercia Police s Chief Superintendent Paul Moxley says that with the additional tough circumstances of the pandemic, assaults against police officers and other emergency service workers would “not be tolerated”. Latest Office of National Statistics data shows there were 20,751 recorded crimes, excluding fraud, in West Mercia between July and September last year - the period for which the latest data has been announced.