Police departments across Maryland reported a rising number of assaults against their officers between 2001 and 2005.
Assaults on police officers increased by 8 percent between 2004 and 2005, but the 4,166 assaults on officers last year is the highest number in at least five years, according to Maryland State Police?s Uniform Crime Report.
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