PSNI hit another 61 people with £200 Covid fines over Christmas period
The latest statistics are out regarding the numbers of fines and other punishments meted out to people deemed to be in breach of coronavirus laws.
As of this morning at 9am, there had been a total of 1,419 COV4 penalty notices handed out – up by 61 since the last bulletin on December 21.
The fines begin at £200, and replaced the previous COV1 penalties.
The amount payable drops to £100 if paid within 14 days, though.
They are given to people for flouting rules such as the caps on indoor or outdoor gatherings.
Meanwhile 34 COV5 fines have been given out in total; these are issued to a business and/or premises for breach of the regulations (starting at £1,000 to a max of £10,000).
That is up by two on December 21.
Meanwhile, the PSNI bulletin also reveals that absenteeism among officers is climbing.
On December 21, there were 352 officers and members of staff absent for reason of Covid-19 absent – 282 of whom were self-isolating.
This has now climbed to 394 – 314 of whom are self-isolating.
The total manpower of the PSNI is around 6,970 officers, and about 2,400 staff.
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