A police chief threatened to start checking shopping trolleys for 'unnecessary' items during the UK coronavirus lockdown

• A UK police chief threatened that his officers were just "days away" from checking that items purchased from shops are "necessary" and "legitimate" during the coronavirus lockdown.
  
  
• Northamptonshire Police Chief Constable Nick Adderley told reporters that the public should be "under no illusions" that he would enforce tough restrictions during the coronavirus lockdown.
  
  
• However, the UK's emergency coronavirus legislation law does not authorise police officers to check people's shopping.
  
  
• Adderley later backtracked and withdrew his threat to impose the checks.
  
  

Thorin wrote:

• A UK police chief threatened that his officers were just "days away" from checking that items purchased from shops are "necessary" and "legitimate" during the coronavirus lockdown.
  
  
• Northamptonshire Police Chief Constable Nick Adderley told reporters that the public should be "under no illusions" that he would enforce tough restrictions during the coronavirus lockdown.
  
  
• However, the UK's emergency coronavirus legislation law does not authorise police officers to check people's shopping.
  
  
• Adderley later backtracked and withdrew his threat to impose the checks.
  
  

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-uk-police-chief-threatened-to-check-shopping-trolleys-2020-4?r=US&IR=T

Utterly ridiculous and well out of order

The Police have a tough enough job to do at present without some making matters far worse for them and their reputation by such idiotic acts

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The world can perish so long as I get my fruit gums.

Thorin wrote:

• A UK police chief threatened that his officers were just "days away" from checking that items purchased from shops are "necessary" and "legitimate" during the coronavirus lockdown.
  
  
• Northamptonshire Police Chief Constable Nick Adderley told reporters that the public should be "under no illusions" that he would enforce tough restrictions during the coronavirus lockdown.
  
  
• However, the UK's emergency coronavirus legislation law does not authorise police officers to check people's shopping.
  
  
• Adderley later backtracked and withdrew his threat to impose the checks.
  
  

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-uk-police-chief-threatened-to-check-shopping-trolleys-2020-4?r=US&IR=T

Utterly ridiculous and well out of order

The Police have a tough enough job to do at present without some making matters far worse for them and their reputation by such idiotic acts