Police will ask Director of Public Prosecutions Martin Hinton KC to consider appealing the suspended sentence of Raina Jane Cruise.
Acting Police Commissioner Linda Williams said the suspended sentence was not in line with community standards and had distressed rank-and-file police officers.
"I have asked our prosecutions team to examine the sentencing remarks and initiate a discussion with the DPP with a view to appealing it,'' Ms Williams said.
"In an environment in which assaults against police are increasing, a suspended sentence in this case simply sends the wrong message and is totally unacceptable.
"Potential offenders need to know that if they assault an emergency services worker there will be severe consequences, that they can expect a custodial sentence as the legislation allows.
"And police who place themselves in danger on every shift they work need to know they have the full support on the judicial system.
"The suspended sentence handed to Raina Jane Cruise, who was found guilty of a violent, sustained and cowardly attack on a female officer, has not met either of these basic expectations.''
