The incident is understood to have happened near the intersection of Claude St, Fairfield, and Peachgrove Rd in Hamilton. Two police officers were allegedly hit with a baseball bat after they stopped a driver in Hamilton and one suffered a fractured skull. It was just after midnight on Sunday when the officers stopped a vehicle with three people inside, Hamilton city area commander Inspector Andrea McBeth said. One officer suffered a skull fracture and remained in hospital in a stable condition on Monday afternoon. That was because the statistics would not include charges for the more serious assaults – such as assault with a weapon or injuring with intent – which did not fall under that classification.

Source: Stuff April 04, 2021 20:21 UTC