Earlier this year I published a number of articles on this site about the noise and nuisance created by motorbikes and off-road vehicles in many of our communities and open spaces (please see post dated Thursday 25 February 2021 for background details: https://robcrute-blackhall.blogspot.com/2021/02/reporting-bikes-and-off-road-vehicles.html). Again last night there were further reports on social media of off-road bikes and quads causing a disturbance in and around Hesleden.
Since I last wrote about this problem Stacey and I have been working alongside officers from Peterlee police to find a workable solution that would see the police enabled to prosecute offenders without physically apprehending the riders of bikes and off-road vehicles ‘in the act’. This involves the use of specialised cameras that are capable of taking long-range images of sufficient quality to potentially secure a realistic prospect of conviction in court.
Stacey and I have agreed to make a financial contribution from our neighbourhood budgets towards the cost of this scheme. The funding package agreed between the police and local members to purchase these cameras is almost complete and I will update on further details in due course. In the meantime please continue to follow police advice and report every incident by calling 101.