Where reasoned conversation has not been successful Essex Police will take enforcement action against people flouting Covid-19 rules, the force has outlined. The position comes amidst warnings from the Metropolitan Police which has instructed officers to enforce lockdown laws more “quickly” and accept fewer “reasonable excuses” in an effort to save lives. The Met has announced that people committing “obvious, wilful and serious breaches” will no longer be given the benefit of the doubt. It comes as the Government faces calls to allow police to enter people’s homes to break up gatherings following an alarming rise in coronavirus cases.
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