Increase in officers putting hoods lon yobs to defend against infection

have to wait up to six months for test results if they have been bitten or spat on by someone known to carry infections like HIV or Hepatitis B.

- BY NORMAN SILVESTER

Kennedy added: "Spitting is vile. It is probably one of the most horrible assaults you can get.

"If someone has spat on a police officer then you would put on a hood to stop them doing it again.

"There are so many diseases you can get now from a bite or a spit.

"Officers are then concerned if they have caught something they are then taking it into their family home."

Kennedy says spitting is now one of the most common ways the public will inflict violence on a police officer.