Confusion is blamed on inconsistencies in official instructions, creating what an ex-officer calls 'deeply unhelpful' grey areas.
However, the legislation conspicuously does not indicate these are the only acceptable explanations.
Derbyshire Police use drones to deter people from breaking the lockdown rules by travelling to remote areas for daily exercise He argued that while individual officers' actions may have contributed to a small number of high-profile incidents, any suggestion the UK was becoming a"police state" were wide of the mark.
"I've heard people suggesting that we're now living in a 'police state', but we're nowhere near other European countries like France, where you have to fill in a form if you want to go out and they have issued huge numbers of fines to people."
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