Some police have been 'heavy handed' on lockdown, minister admits

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Some police have been 'heavy handed' on lockdown, minister admits
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Former UK Supreme Court judge a former UK Supreme Court judge, told the BBC., told the BBC.”The tradition of policing in this country is that policemen are citizens in uniform, they are not members of a disciplined hierarchy operating just at the government’s command.

In response to reports of police targeting people at beauty spots, Mr Shapps said people’s once-a-day exercise should take place ‘as near home as possible’.Police officers can fine people flouting lockdown measures ‘It is that message of not making the unnecessary journeys, which most people are not doing those things, which is why we have the quietest transport network in modern history at the moment.‘I know you can point to these individual examples and say “Well, did the police go too far with this particular action?” I think there is a danger there of using the exception to prove the rule.’

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