Policing a pandemic: The challenges of maintaining law and order during the Coronavirus response

In this episode, we discuss the paper, Policing a Pandemic, with the authors, Richard Walton and Sophia Falkner, to kick off a new series from Policy Exchange The Coronavirus pandemic represents the biggest challenge to UK police since the Second World War. The paper examines the policy impact of the pandemic on policing and warns of a minority who will exploit the pandemic for criminal purposes and sets out new challenges that are likely to be faced by the police.