Police were called to the 1600 block of West 81st Street at about 4 a.m. after a neighbor spotted a woman using a hammer to break open a door that had been boarded shut.
The police later learned that the woman had recently been evicted from the 1st floor apartment.
When police arrived they found the 46-year-old woman inside of the apartment after finding the door damaged and open.
As police tried to speak to the woman, she became agitated and challenged the officers to fight.
The woman then began pushing furniture out of the way and threw liquid from a mop bucket at a 31-year-old female officer.
As police were trying to put the woman into custody, the female officer was attacked. The officer was bitten in the hand and chest. She also was sustained scratches to her face and neck.
The officer was treated and released from the hospital.
The woman was undergoing a a psychiatric evaluation
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