Policing enforcement measures introduced by Boris Johnson in response to the Covid-19 pandemic will be a "real challenge" for officers, a police federation has warned.
Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents officers in London, pleaded with the public to adhere to the measures as he warned that harsher ones could be introduced.
It comes after the Prime Minister placed the nation on lockdown, threatening police fines for anyone who ignores the new measures.
Mr Marsh said enforcement will be difficult amid "large amounts of sickness" among officers in the capital. "So it will be very, very challenging and very, very difficult for us with what's put in front of us," he told Sky News. "But we don't actually