Police arrested a man after he allegedly headbutted a police officer.
A man has been arrested after injuring a police officer by headbutting her and spitting in the face of a second officer.
Police said the incident involving the 42-year-old man happened on Thursday.
They said the man has been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences including two counts of assault on police following a road collision.
He is also accused of driving whilst unfit through drink or drugs and resisting arrest.
It followed a report of a two car collision on the Omagh Road in Ballygawley at around 8pm on Thursday.
Police said officers responded and found that one of the drivers had fled from the scene on foot.
He was located a short distance away at the rear of a local bar however upon detection he headbutted a police officer causing her injury.
The man was arrested and was then taken to hospital as a precaution, where he spat in the face of a second police officer.
He remains in custody this afternoon, Friday 17 October.
Chief Inspector Scott Fallis said: “To be head-butted, spat on or assaulted in any way whilst simply doing your job is sickening and it should never, ever be thought of as an acceptable consequence of working in policing.
Police arrested a man after he allegedly headbutted a police officer.
News Catch Up – Friday 17th October
“It is to the credit of the two police officers involved that they remained on duty for the remainder of their shifts and continued to provide a policing service to our community throughout the night.
“Police officers come to work to help people, to provide a service and they should never expect to be attacked for it. There should be no tolerance in society for attacks on police.”