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Cambridge Police checks no one is in non-essential aisles at supermarket.
Cambridge Police has had to clarify its social distancing guidelines after an officer posted on social media they were monitoring "non-essential" supermarket aisles.
The force said in a now-deleted tweet that they had been to a local branch of Tesco in the village of Bar Hill, north of Cambridge, as part of visits to supermarkets and green spaces across Easter weekend.
Cambridge Police said it was "good to see everyone was abiding by social distancing measures and the non essential aisles were empty".
But the post has attracted backlash from users asking what police would define as a "non-essential".
One user, @setoacnna, asked: "What are 'non essential' aisles in a supermarket? If my kettle is bust for example that's pretty essential to replace."
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Another, @BeccadT, said: "If I'm in the supermarket for essentials, why can't I pick up, I don't know, some nice moisturiser or some chocolate? Not essential but they will help me through stay at home life."
@MattBirdLabour tweeted: "Cambridge police do not have the authority to judge what is an essential purchase. Nor are non-essential purchases illegal. This is an outrageous power grab by the police, and we must stand against it."
Cambridge Police said in follow-up tweets that the officer who had made the post had been spoken to.
Cambridge Police has had to clarify its social distancing guidelines after an officer posted on social media they were monitoring "non-essential" supermarket aisles.
The force said in a now-deleted tweet that they had been to a local branch of Tesco in the village of Bar Hill, north of Cambridge, as part of visits to supermarkets and green spaces across Easter weekend.
Cambridge Police said it was "good to see everyone was abiding by social distancing measures and the non essential aisles were empty".
But the post has attracted backlash from users asking what police would define as a "non-essential".
One user, @setoacnna, asked: "What are 'non essential' aisles in a supermarket? If my kettle is bust for example that's pretty essential to replace."
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Another, @BeccadT, said: "If I'm in the supermarket for essentials, why can't I pick up, I don't know, some nice moisturiser or some chocolate? Not essential but they will help me through stay at home life."
@MattBirdLabour tweeted: "Cambridge police do not have the authority to judge what is an essential purchase. Nor are non-essential purchases illegal. This is an outrageous power grab by the police, and we must stand against it."
Cambridge Police said in follow-up tweets that the officer who had made the post had been spoken to.
Thats the end of Lucozade on the shelf's of the local super market then.
In better news hand soap makes a welcome return.
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She's deffo got it and has been quite poorly.
I've no idea on asthma, but her doctor seems to have played a blinder as the virus was kicking off a few weeks ago and increased steroids and the inhaler thing she uses. This has helped massively so far.
She wants to get back to work asap once better as thinks you build up some immunity.
What struck me yesterday was her saying that some colleagues were scared of doing certain rounds now. I didn't press on this, but if carers are scared then that's not a good sign of how it's going.
I'm back at work tomorrow after the 14 days advised isolation, temp is steady 37.5, and that's ok I believe now. At least i will get the shopping i need !
Thanks again for asking mate.
I’m sure the vast majority of the police are doing a great job under extreme pressure but there certainly seems to be a decent sized minority , of varying ranks , going completely power crazed and totally over reaching without a great deal of encouragement.
"ill informed" is getting bandied around quite a lot.
South Yorkshire Police have also apologised after a video circulating on social media appears to show an officer reprimanding a man for using his front lawn.
The video, which was originally posted on Facebook, shows an officer telling a man "you cannot come on your front garden".
The force said on Twitter, where the video has so far been viewed almost 300,000 times, that the officer in the video had good intentions but was "ill-informed".
"We've spoken to the officer concerned and made our approach absolutely clear. Again, we apologise for any inconvenience caused."
South Yorkshire Police have also apologised after a video circulating on social media appears to show an officer reprimanding a man for using his front lawn.
The video, which was originally posted on Facebook, shows an officer telling a man "you cannot come on your front garden".
The force said on Twitter, where the video has so far been viewed almost 300,000 times, that the officer in the video had good intentions but was "ill-informed".
"We've spoken to the officer concerned and made our approach absolutely clear. Again, we apologise for any inconvenience caused."
That’s just cruel. Showing a photo of a beer poured in a pub. You’re heartless.
does that make Lucozade an essential now then ?
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My niece just spoke to the wife telling her that her neighbour is having a barbecue about 20 people and heard her over the fence say you all need to keep your distance from each other haha the gardens about 16ft by 20ft .She's thinking of reporting them but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth if you wouldn't normally do that to a neighbour.
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20 people at a BBQ is just ridiculous right now surely ?
The bizzies will come knocking once the sausages are cooked and confiscate them !
Oh deffo mate. There will always be (sadly) those who will be on some sort of power trip.
Controversial or not I’m willing to excuse someone visiting a partner to be honest but that’s just ridiculous.
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And some absolutely smashing all the available overtime right now I would imagine.
You’d think plenty of time to learn the actually legislation then .
Absolute cinch mate, I suppose though in the circumstances they deserve it.
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