Met Police officers privately ordered to switch off NHS COVID-19 tracing app

” “A really dangerous situation” Following his initial message on 6 January, Superintendent Knowles sent a follow-up email two days later, copied to Borough Commander Dave Stringer, acknowledging “some feedback and Emails of challenge” [sic] regarding apparent contradictions between the guidance in...

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Published inOpenDemocracy (London)
Main Author Alex Waygood, Peter Geoghegan
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London OpenDemocracy 29.01.2021
Subjects
Contact tracing
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Electronic mail systems
Keyboards
Police stations
Social distancing
Ventilation
England
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Summary:” “A really dangerous situation” Following his initial message on 6 January, Superintendent Knowles sent a follow-up email two days later, copied to Borough Commander Dave Stringer, acknowledging “some feedback and Emails of challenge” [sic] regarding apparent contradictions between the guidance in his email and “Pan-London” advice. Asked how the public can have faith in the UK’s public-health measures if large public-sector organisations are instructing their workers to breach guidelines, the Department for Health told openDemocracy: “People are instructed to turn off contact tracing within the app in certain work circumstances. A spokesman for the Public and Commercial Services Union, representing a majority of police support staff in London, said: "We were made aware of an instance where a manager advised a staff member to switch off their track and trace app.
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ISSN:1476-5888