Writers on criminology and Anthropocene as the ‘human epoch’ have called for a re-imagining of criminology in its wake. There are many new risks that the Anthropocene poses: two sources we should focus on are - climate change and technological change; the former as raising questions of how police provide security in the context of major natural phenomenon and emergencies including pandemics; and the second are the human-made harms from digital change driving the role of social media in changing forms of protest alongside how misinformation and disinformation create new contexts for policing in democratic societies. This paper presents initial findings from a study of police officers’ accounts of policing the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. The research shows the perception of a changing role of everyday policing to work in other spheres of governing, e.g. public health; the lack of preparedness and training for newly emerging harms; the implications for police discretion in the context of the ‘infodemic’; and the cultural and practical readiness for security threats and harms synonymous with the Anthropocene. The paper concludes by considering these findings in how they challenge the governance of policing; the widening harmscapes; and reflects on the concept of Anthropocentric policing. We consider the concept of police habitus, as embodied cultural capital which drives policing practice and how police officers and organisations are changing, or not, to fit these new challenges.