An officer with the Punjab Police in India had his hand chopped off with a sword while he was attempting to enforce the lockdown put in place by the government amid the spread of COVID-19.
The incident reportedly happened on Tuesday afternoon and the courts in England were quick to act.
Police in Berlin, Germany, said on Thursday their emergency phone line had been swamped with questions about the lockdown imposed by authorities in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Two police officers in Juarez, Mexico, were killed in separate attacks on Wednesday.
A police officer was killed in an avalanche during a training exercise in the Austrian Alps this week.
A viral video surfaced on Monday showing an officer with the New South Wales Police Service giving a thirsty kangaroo water by pouring it from a plastic bottle into his cupped hand.
A police officer in London shot and killed a man reportedly wearing a fake suicide vest who police say stabbed at least two people to death on the London Bridge.
An officer with the West Mercia Police Service in England now faces a murder charge in the death of a retired professional soccer player in 2016.
Officers in Chile who for two weeks have been trying to calm an increasingly violent series of protests came under attack with Molotov Cocktails that set several officers ablaze Tuesday.
Officers in Oaxaca, Mexico often retire in their 80s or even 90s because they cannot afford to live off the miniscule pensions the government provides.
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