UK police chided for overzealous response to COVID-19 lockdown

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From questioning dog-walkers to flying drones to spot people defying self-isolation guidelines, police measures to control the spread of the ...

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One retired judge suggested Britain was turning into a police state, although other countries from Spain to Vietnam have applied more draconian measures.

But there appears to have been confusion about how to enforce the rules, with some regional forces taking a stricter approach than others, for example quizzing dog walkers on why they had driven to quiet open spaces to exercise their pets. Some commentators said the measures risked undermining public trust in the police, traditionally seen as far less authoritarian than in many other countries.

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