Tool to report lockdown rule-breakers 'risks fuelling social division'
by Josh Halliday and Nazia Parveen from on (#51Y8J)
Majority of forces in England and Wales adopt online form allowing people to report others
New police tools that encourage the public to report people they suspect of breaching coronavirus restrictions risk fuelling "social mistrust and division", a barrister has warned, as the majority of the UK's forces adopt the scheme.
Twenty-six of the 43 police forces in England and Wales have launched dedicated online forms allowing people to report suspected breaches of the lockdown, such as large gatherings in parks.
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