Women charged over alleged police assaults

Two women have been subdued with capsicum spray after allegedly harassing passers-by and assaulting at least two police officers.

The incident allegedly occurred at about 4am on Saturday in Pyrmont, when an officer intervened to stop one of the women as she tried to enter another person's car.

Police say there was a physical altercation between the two, and she continued to resist arrest and assault police before she was sprayed with OC spray and arrested.

Her companion was also sprayed after she allegedly struck a police officer, grazing his face.

The women, both aged 32, had been moved on by police a short time earlier after allegedly harassing members of the public in Pyrmont.

They have been charged with assaulting and resisting police, and were granted conditional bail ahead of a scheduled court appearance on Wednesday, February 22.