A police officer has been injured after he was dragged by a car following a traffic stop in Kilkeel on Friday.
The silver Mitsubishi Shogun stopped on the Mountain Road shortly at about 22:15 BST by officers conducting traffic duties.
He was treated in hospital for an arm injury and was unable to return to work.
“Police officers carry out their job knowing that on any given day they could be faced with difficult and dangerous situations, but it is completely unacceptable that they should be deliberately injured,” Inspector Connolly said.