Police Scotland social distancing fines stall at less than half that in England and Wales: Carlaw to raise in Holyrood

Police in England and Wales have issued more than 14,000 fines for alleged breaches of lockdown laws. The figures, from 27 March to 11 May, show the most fixed penalty notices – 906 – were handed out in London, by the Metropolitan Police.

In Scotland:

Police have issued a total of 537 fixed penalty notices so far, including 113 in Glasgow, 67 in Renfrewshire and 57 in Lanarkshire.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18373135.coronavirus-police-scotland-issued-500-fines-will-not-patrol-shopping-baskets/

England and Wales have 12.6 times the population so, all things being equal should have issued around 6 000 fines but, in fact had to issue 14 000, more than twice as many.

3 thoughts on “Police Scotland social distancing fines stall at less than half that in England and Wales: Carlaw to raise in Holyrood

  1. Wonder if Jackdaw Carlot want the police to police the border? No?
    Cumbria is a bit of a hot spot, yet Onion Jack wants cross-border traffic from Dumfries/Galloway to go there. Just because the entire Front Bench was daft enough to catch the virus.

    If the Scottish police were handing out tickets as frequently as down south, and the Tories would whine about that as well.

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  2. Could be Police Scotland are short of Officers to enforce this law as they are all seconded to the “Salmond Team” and are “going around terrorising people in their homes during a pandemic, even after Salmond’s acquittal” in their ongoing “politically motivated fishing expedition”!

    https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/05/defend-mark-hirst/

    https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-appearance-of-justice/

    Could be because Scots are more civic minded are therefore paying more heed to Govt advice, who knows?

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