Former PSNI assistant chief constable Alan Todd gave evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry in Belfast.
Former PSNI chief constable Alan Todd arrives at the Clayton Hotel in Belfast to give evidence to the UK Covid-19 inquiry hearing
Mr Todd, who was since retired, is the only PSNI officer who was called to give evidence during the inquiry’s hearings in Belfast. He said: “But the simple truth is that for the first four weeks of the first lockdown there was no fourth E.”The former officer said when regulations were provided, they came “without guidance” for police.
Mr Todd said he believed it was the responsibility of collective government to provide the guidance to police. The former senior officer said the regulations changed multiple times and police became stretched as parts of the economy began to reopen later in 2020. “And at the point of issuing those fines, the police had no further powers, no further deterrent in relation to it.
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