Covid-19: Policing the coronavirus law breakers
By Laurence Cawley and Dotty Macleod
BBC News
image captionBetween the start of the pandemic and late December, Cambridgeshire Constabulary had issued 280 fines
Since the onset of the pandemic last March, thousands of people across the UK have either been fined or criminally prosecuted for coronavirus-related offences. What is it like for police officers having to tackle the Covid-19 rule-breakers?
Cambridgeshire, with its mix of cities, large towns and rural areas, is a fairly typical English county.
Its inhabitants, however, are far less likely to be fined for coronavirus rule breaches than those in most other parts of the country.
Published:
12:20 PM January 26, 2021
Updated:
10:51 PM January 26, 2021
PC Kirsty Hulley (left) told the BBC about being on the front line during Covid-19: “It is taking its toll on people for many different reasons.” Two years ago, she was pictured with chief constable Nick Dean receiving the Royal Humane Society award for saving the life of a 25-year-old man.
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More than 60 Covid-19 restriction-related fines have already been handed out in Cambridgeshire this year - compared to 280 between the end of March and December 2020.
The figures, which come from the National Police Chiefs Council, were aired on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire when breakfast show host Dotty McLeod spoke to members of Cambridgeshire Constabulary about what it s like to police during a pandemic.
Published:
12:20 PM January 26, 2021
Updated:
10:51 PM January 26, 2021
PC Kirsty Hulley (left) told the BBC about being on the front line during Covid-19: “It is taking its toll on people for many different reasons.” Two years ago, she was pictured with chief constable Nick Dean receiving the Royal Humane Society award for saving the life of a 25-year-old man.
- Credit: Archant
More than 60 Covid-19 restriction-related fines have already been handed out in Cambridgeshire this year - compared to 280 between the end of March and December 2020.
The figures, which come from the National Police Chiefs Council, were aired on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire when breakfast show host Dotty McLeod spoke to members of Cambridgeshire Constabulary about what it s like to police during a pandemic.
Published:
12:20 PM January 26, 2021
Updated:
10:51 PM January 26, 2021
PC Kirsty Hulley (left) told the BBC about being on the front line during Covid-19: “It is taking its toll on people for many different reasons.” Two years ago, she was pictured with chief constable Nick Dean receiving the Royal Humane Society award for saving the life of a 25-year-old man.
- Credit: Archant
More than 60 Covid-19 restriction-related fines have already been handed out in Cambridgeshire this year - compared to 280 between the end of March and December 2020.
The figures, which come from the National Police Chiefs Council, were aired on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire when breakfast show host Dotty McLeod spoke to members of Cambridgeshire Constabulary about what it s like to police during a pandemic.
Published:
12:20 PM January 26, 2021
Updated:
10:51 PM January 26, 2021
PC Kirsty Hulley (left) told the BBC about being on the front line during Covid-19: “It is taking its toll on people for many different reasons.” Two years ago, she was pictured with chief constable Nick Dean receiving the Royal Humane Society award for saving the life of a 25-year-old man.
- Credit: Archant
More than 60 Covid-19 restriction-related fines have already been handed out in Cambridgeshire this year - compared to 280 between the end of March and December 2020.
The figures, which come from the National Police Chiefs Council, were aired on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire when breakfast show host Dotty McLeod spoke to members of Cambridgeshire Constabulary about what it s like to police during a pandemic.