In a startling turn of events, the Home Secretary Priti Patel expressed sharp disapproval after a senior police officer suggested that his force would start checking shoppers’ supermarket trolleys to enforce the coronavirus lockdown.
Priti Patel said the threat by Nick Adderley, Northamptonshire’s chief constable, was “not appropriate” as she maintained policing during the Easter Bank holiday weekend should not be “heavy-handed.”
She also rejected any further toughening of the lockdown conditions as allegedly spoke about by some police chiefs, saying: “Absolutely not.”
During a press conference, chief constable Adderley raised the prospects of his force mounting roadblocks to stop vehicles they believed were flouting the rules and marshalling supermarkets to check if items shoppers are buying are essential.
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