How many charges of assault on police officers have been deserted or abondoned in each court jurisdiction in each of the last five years.

The numbers of chargesof assault on police officers reported to procurators fiscal in terms of the Police(Scotland) Act 1967 in each of the past five years, where court proceedings wereinitiated but the case was subsequently deserted or abandoned, are shown in thefollowing table.
Charges : OffencesUnder Section 41(1)(a) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967
Cases Deserted orAbandoned
Procurator Fiscal
| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05
| 2005-06
| 2006-07

Aberdeen
| 13
| 15
| 11
| 7
| 2

Airdrie
| 23
| 11
| 18
| 7
| 4

Alloa
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2

Arbroath
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0

Ayr
| 2
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 4

Banff
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0

Campbeltown
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0

Cupar
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1

Dornoch
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0

Dumbarton
| 11
| 9
| 19
| 10
| 14

Dumfries
| 2
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 4

Dundee
| 11
| 16
| 15
| 9
| 7

Dunfermline
| 2
|