WELSH POLICE forces are pleading with everyone to follow the guidelines.
Police forces worry that people are getting ‘lockdown fatigue’ and are urging the public to follow the guidelines.
Since the lockdown was introduced in March, police forces throughout Wales have handed out hundreds of penalty notices to those breaking the guidelines.
Dyfed Powys Police have issued over 600 fixed penalty notices, Inspector Andrew Williams said “That is to do mainly with the geography of our force, with the nice weather and the bank holiday weekends, we did see an influx of people travelling to our force area from London, Essex, Bristol, other parts of Wales.
“We’ve been engaging with those people – the vast majority of people have listened to our advice to go home and listen to the restrictions, but in a lot of cases we have had to use our enforcement powers.”
Officers from South Wales Police say they have been called to numerous family gatherings, house parties and barbeques.
He added “We’ve seen quite an influx of people trying to come into Pembrokeshire over the last few weeks, particularly over the last Easter bank holiday weekend.
“We predict the same for the next bank holiday weekend which is why we will be increasing resourcing, increasing the patrols force-wide really, from the top of Powys down to Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire itself.”
Police forces from the South West have taken to Twitter to tell of some of the reasons they have been called out since the regulations came into force. These include groups flocking to open spaces to sunbathe; play football and enjoy picnics, House parties and a woman who drove from Dorset to Cardiff to buy a new car, before breaking down on Newport Road.
