Coronavirus: Peak District drone police criticised for ‘lockdown shaming’

By 2020-03-27Science & Tech
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Image caption Derbyshire Police said vehicles should not have been in a car park in Curbar Edge

A force that released drone footage of people walking in the Peak District has been accused of “nanny policing”.

Derbyshire Police filmed people in pairs rambling in the Curbar Edge area of the beauty spot on Wednesday.

Officers said travelling to remote areas for exercise did not count as “essential travel” as permitted under government lockdown rules.

UK civil liberties group Big Brother Watch branded the move “sinister” and “counter-productive”.

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