24 Mar, 2020 @ 18:45
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JOG ON: Policia Local fine their own agent for going jogging in northern Spain

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POLICE in northern Spain have fined their own agent for going jogging last Sunday.

A Tweet from the Policia Local in Ponferrada, Leon, revealed a ‘denuncia’ has been made against the agent of the same force for ‘exercising in his free time’.

“We consider this behaviour intolerable and we apologise,” the Tweet read.

“All citizens are equal and, as police, we have to set an example.”

It comes as Spain enters its second week of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Police across the nation have powers to fine members of the public who are out without one of eight justified reasons, and as of Friday last week has ramped up efforts due to public disobedience.

Joshua Parfitt

Joshua James Parfitt is the Costa Blanca correspondent for the Olive Press. He holds a gold-standard NCTJ in multimedia journalism from the award-winning News Associates in Twickenham. His work has been published in the Sunday Times, Esquire, the Mail on Sunday, the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Sun on Sunday, the Mirror, among others. He has appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss devastating flooding in Spain, as well as making appearances on BBC and LBC radio stations.

Contact me now: joshua@theolivepress.es or call +44 07960046259. Twitter: @jjparfitt

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