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Police taken on Anti Social
Behabior of scrambler bikes, off road vehicles and quad bikes
ON Wednesday, 1 July 2015, officers are launched the
annual summer campaign to put the brakes on the criminal and anti social use of
scrambler bikes across Merseyside.
Operation Brookdale, will again centre on areas across Merseyside where
communities have suffered from the illegal and anti social use of scrambler
bikes, off road vehicles and quad bikes.
Superintendent Jenny Sims explained:- "Operation Brookdale focusses on
areas where communities have told us there is a problem with scrambler bikes.
With the arrival of light nights, there is a likelihood that riders of these
bikes may be tempted to ride them more often, causing further disruption and
misery to our communities and we just won’t tolerate it."
During the operation, officers will use a variety of tactics and pay particular
attention to roads, parks and any land to which the public have access to.
Neighbourhood officers in all of the force areas (Liverpool North, Liverpool
South, Wirral, Sefton, St Helens and Knowsley) will be supported by officers
from the specialist roads policing department, vehicle crime and the mounted and
dog sections.
During the operation the following activity will take place:-
► High visibility Police Patrols, including officers
on scramblers and quad bikes, on roads, parkland and other public spaces.
► Use of the National Police Air Service (helicopter) to act as an eye in the
sky and monitor the use of these bikes, wherever they be in areas inaccessible
to officers on foot on in a vehicle on the ground.
► Plain clothes patrols.
► The use of locally gathered intelligence to target places where illegal bikers
are known to ride.
► Enforcement of traffic law on the highway to restrict the activities of legal
riders on our roads.
► Education in the schools about the dangers of these bikes and the laws
surrounding their use.
► Visits to petrol stations by officers and PCSO's.
Superintendent Jenny Sims continued:- "Merseyside Police will not tolerate
the illegal, or anti social use of scrambler, or quad bikes, but we need the
public to tell us where these bikes are being stored and who is using them, so
we can take action and take these bikes out of circulation. Last year every
address the public told us about, was visited by officers. If you provide us, or
Crimestoppers information, about the use of these bikes, I can assure you, we
will take action. Sometimes the riders of these bikes don't understand the
consequences for local communities and the harm that the use of these bikes can
cause. In the wrong hands these bikes are potentially lethal and people need to
understand the potential consequences of driving these bikes irresponsibly.
Working together with local people and partner agencies, we are determined to
tackle riders who are blighting our neighbourhoods. Our communities should be
reassured that Merseyside Police is working hard to take nuisance vehicles and
the criminals who use them off our roads. Anyone who takes to the roads
illegally and poses a danger to pedestrians and other motorists on our roads,
risks losing their licence, their vehicle and if their reckless driving results
in injury or death they will face a prison sentence. My message to these people
is ask yourself; is it worth the risk?" |
