Do you see any enforcement of the rules where you are?

[doireallyneedaname]

I live by the sea. Yesterday the seafront was HEAVING. It was just like a summers day in 2019, and there were just two police women walking around slowly approaching random people and asking if they were together. Two police women policing a beach with thousands of people hanging out in groups. Groups of people sat together, many others out drinking with a football or skipping rope by their side as their “exercise” excuse in case they were stopped. It was so busy that I had to turn around and walk a different way. For a split second I wondered if I’d missed lockdown being lifted. People running up to each other, hugging, high fiving.

Pathetic.

I don’t understand why there isn’t more of a police presence to stop this.

You seem really obsessed with your question. How am I supposed to know? I just asked a question.

Local police Facebook feed indicated they were stopping cars asking where they were going (and caught a drunk driver in the process).

Also I will add in no way am I criticising the police force, I actually felt sad watching those police women in that situation - I blame the government entirely for making the rules so vague.

@doireallyneedaname Obsessed? I asked twice as you didn’t answer first time.

So you are clueless. That’s fine, but own it.

There are no police to do what you expect. That’s the blunt truth.

And stop calling them police women. They are police officers.

Yet another poster whose reason for being out, is more important than any one else's.

So what’s the point in the government implementing rules if they know there simply isn’t enough resource to make it happen? It was such a bleak situation made worse by 3 or 4 ambulances whizzing past. It’s a living nightmare.

Because they put the blame on the police for non enforcement and could sit back and take the credit for being seen to do “something”.

Not only is there issues with isolation but many police officers can’t work their expect shifts because of childcare also.

I have given up worrying about everyone else. Too much hardship in my own life without hating others because they are doing what I want to do. I will join them at some point, when I well and truly reach my breaking point. I cant do anything about what others do, bar get angry, which is a waste of my time.

What a joke our government is. I didn’t really think about the ins and outs of policing it if I’m honest, just assumed it was possible.

I live by the beach near bournemouth, the police were stopping cars in the beach car park today and 1 car had come from Newcastle.....via Wales !!!

I hope they got a fine at least

And you do realise there is zero the police can do about distancing, don’t you?

If you are going to criticise then have an understanding about the areas that they can enforce, rather than moan about the ones they can’t.

@doireallyneedaname

So what’s the point in the government implementing rules if they know there simply isn’t enough resource to make it happen? It was such a bleak situation made worse by 3 or 4 ambulances whizzing past. It’s a living nightmare.

Really? It's better than implementing no bloody rules at all.

Feels like we are doomed to be honest. If there’s no resource and people refuse to play by the rules, where can we possibly go from here? I feel like you’ve taken offence to what I said and for that I apologise. I couldn’t blame anyone putting their lives on the line, I just blame our shambles of a government. If they had actually implemented a hard lockdown then a lot of frontline workers across the board would be avoiding isolation and illness of their own.

Well where I am it doesn’t really feel like there are any rules anymore. The pubs etc are shut but that’s the only change in town. The high streets are still heaving too.

Who are you talking to?

If you are talking to me then I haven’t taken offence at all, you are just yet another person that thinks there is an endless stream of police officers ready to shout at people for being less than 2 metres away.

They are no difference to any other organisation and are being hit hard with isolation and covid. They aren’t invincible to that.

Were the loos open? Or are we going to have a repeat of July with people shifting all over the place?

The only police I ever see round my way are at the costa coffee drive through! Even dd commented how whenever we go there are 3 or 4 police cars - it’s the uk version of dunkin’ donuts!

Fair. I hadn’t thought about it like that. Like many, I’m afraid and just want it to end.

Happinessischocolate someone drove to Bournemouth from Newcastle, via Wales? In January? When no hotels are open?
How do you know this?

@Robbybobtail That’s great they are able to grab a coffee on their shift.

I was in the drive thu at MacDonalds the other day in a police car. It was the only way to speak to the staff about an enquiry we had.

@doireallyneedaname

Feels like we are doomed to be honest. If there’s no resource and people refuse to play by the rules, where can we possibly go from here? I feel like you’ve taken offence to what I said and for that I apologise. I couldn’t blame anyone putting their lives on the line, I just blame our shambles of a government. If they had actually implemented a hard lockdown then a lot of frontline workers across the board would be avoiding isolation and illness of their own.

But they wouldn't have done that, OP, because they knew that the British public wouldn't have stood for it. There is also the 'problem' of hard lockdown laws, like so much of the current ones, being unenforceable.

How have some other countries managed it? What am I missing? I did see some had the army in to help!

Nickynacky

That’s great they are able to grab a coffee on their shift.

Yes, it is. I’d much rather they be acting normally and getting coffees than going round fining people for sitting on a park bench. That was my point.

@Robbybobtail And no one has been fined for sitting on benches....