Police officers in Trafalgar Square in London
SIR – Derbyshire police have harassed people and issued Fixed Penalty Notices for activities that are permitted by the Covid regulations.
Failure to distinguish between guidance and statutory regulations indicates a level of incompetence by senior management which surely requires a visit by a member of HM Inspectorate of Constabulary.
David Over
SIR – I wholeheartedly agree with His Honour Charles Wide (Letters, January 11). Law and guidance are separate matters. The former is enforceable and must be followed. I would suggest that government website guidance deliberately tries to conflate the two in the minds of the public.