FILMED BEING OUT 3 TIMES (Police say this is staged click show more)
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If you listen carefully the Officer indicates the suspect was filmed being out on three separate occasions in one day.
BBC NEWS REPORTING THAT POLICE SAY THIS INCIDENT WAS STAGED.
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Callaghan, from Dorset Police, said: "We believe this video was planned, stage-managed and recorded by members of the protest group who turned up in multiple areas, several of whom refused to engage or provide their details.
"If people refuse to give their details in such circumstances then it leaves officers with little option, but to arrest until the details are established. Our officers would only arrest as a last resort.
"It was clear that the group was deliberately organising their activities, walking around in twos and then trying to come together in a 'flash mob'-style approach, as they have done previously.
This activity went on for a couple of hours."
The force's chief constable James Vaughan earlier said: "I condemn the actions of these selfish individuals who knowingly flouted the lockdown restrictions."
The force said there were "repeated attempts" to engage with the organisers to stop the planned protest and found a number of the protesters had "travelled considerably" from out of the Dorset area.
Mr Vaughan added: "Our county is gripped with infections and yet these irresponsible individuals have ignored what is being asked of them and have left their homes to protest. Shame on them."
BBC NEWS REPORTING THAT POLICE SAY THIS INCIDENT WAS STAGED.
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Callaghan, from Dorset Police, said: "We believe this video was planned, stage-managed and recorded by members of the protest group who turned up in multiple areas, several of whom refused to engage or provide their details.
"If people refuse to give their details in such circumstances then it leaves officers with little option, but to arrest until the details are established. Our officers would only arrest as a last resort.
"It was clear that the group was deliberately organising their activities, walking around in twos and then trying to come together in a 'flash mob'-style approach, as they have done previously.
This activity went on for a couple of hours."
The force's chief constable James Vaughan earlier said: "I condemn the actions of these selfish individuals who knowingly flouted the lockdown restrictions."
The force said there were "repeated attempts" to engage with the organisers to stop the planned protest and found a number of the protesters had "travelled considerably" from out of the Dorset area.
Mr Vaughan added: "Our county is gripped with infections and yet these irresponsible individuals have ignored what is being asked of them and have left their homes to protest. Shame on them."