Police four-step plan to enforce strict coronavirus lockdown rules
, if an officer sees someone out of their home and believes they are breaching the lockdown, they start a “four-step plan”.Then they will encourage the person to return home, and even give them tips on the best route.make someone go homeSpeaking this morning, Chief Constable Iain Livingstone explained cops would have the new powers by the end of the week.
He said: “Where there are instances of defiance or non compliance we’ve been intervening and giving pretty firm advice, but clearly at this state we do not have enforcement powers attached to them. “As you might imagine I expect and would require our officers to speak to citizens and make it very very clear what the elections are and why they need to comply with those requirements.
“If they refuse, as I understand the legislation that’s going to be implemented we will have a power to instruct them to return home, to use reasonable force if required, and if there’s continued defiance at the absolute backstop a power of arrest.Fines will start at £30, but there is no cap on the charge.
Paying up will see Brits avoid a criminal record, but failing to do so will have those refusing to leave hauled into a magistrates court and prosecuted.University of Oxford research suggested the disease could have become prevalent in the country two months before the first case was diagnosed.
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