Police have charged a woman after five police officers and a watch house officer were assaulted in Rockhampton this morning, Queensland Police say.
Around 12.30am, police attended a Lakes Creek Road address in Koongal in order to take a 30-year-old woman into custody in relation to the theft of a vehicle earlier in the evening.
When police approached the woman, she allegedly began to kick the rear passenger side window of a police vehicle, causing damage.
Additional police units were called to assist before the woman allegedly kicked a female constable in the chest and spat on two male constables before hitting them on the arm.
After she was transported to the Rockhampton Watch House, she allegedly bit another male constable on the arm, spat in the face of a female Watch House officer and scratched another female constable on the chest.
It will be further alleged that she was then transported to the Rockhampton Base Hospital where she again spat on the female constable she scratched earlier.
All officers involved received medical treatment.
A 30-year-old Koongal woman has been charged with four counts of serious assault police officer by biting and spitting, two counts of serious assault police causing bodily harm, two counts of serious assault public officer performing a function, two counts of wilful damage of police property and one count each of serious assault police and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
She is due to appear in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court tomorrow.
Anyone with information which could assist with this matter should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously.
