<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/canberra" rel="" target="_blank" title="Canberra"><span>Canberra</span></a><span> woman has been charged after being accused of biting a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="_blank" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> officer on the leg.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police were called to a house in Moncrieff in the city's north at around 8.30am yesterday after reports of a disturbance between a 44-year-old woman and her partner.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Responding officers spoke to the pair, who both entered a written agreement to "keep the King's Peace" for 24 hours.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-nsw-expected-to-pass-the-harshest-gun-reforms-in-australia/5c124ed4-0d82-47aa-abb9-78595c167b6e" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>NSW expected to pass the harshest gun reforms in Australia</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national" rel="" target="_blank" title="Australian"><span>Australian</span></a><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/law" rel="" target="_blank" title="law"><span>law</span></a><span>, maintaining the King's Peace is essentially an agreement to maintain public law and order.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Less than three hours later, police returned to the same house after it was reported the woman was allegedly acting aggressively.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman was placed under arrest after officers decided a breach of the peace had occurred.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/canberra-moncrief-woman-arrested-biting-police-officer-kings-peace/5071c405-3595-4fb7-b4d2-b11fa19759cb" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/clyde-fatal-stabbing-stabbing-victim-dies-after-car-crashes-en-route-to-hospital/bc6034a2-87c3-4a81-9ccb-5400dcfacbca" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Stabbing victim dies after car crashes en route to hospital</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the arrest, the woman allegedly became aggressive again, biting one of the arresting officers on the leg.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The officer is not believed to have suffered any injury as a result of the alleged bite.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and two counts of resisting a territory public official.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was due to face the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australian-capital-territory" rel="" target="_blank" title="ACT"><span>ACT</span></a><span> Magistrates Court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>