Motorbike Nuisance update

Good Morning, 

I hope you are all well. An update on the motorbike nuisance; Chris and I have issued an Anti-Social Behaviour Warning letter to a person in Irthlingborough involved in the ongoing motorbike nuisance in the town. I know this is appears to be a minor intervention but I believe it is better to keep you all updated on our efforts to show you what we are doing about the issues. 

A Warning Letter may seem like it is a minor intervention and you would like to see us do more, and I understand the strength of feeling on the issue. With Anti-Social Behaviour we use what is known as the ‘Incremental Approach’, and I have attached a copy of that to this message so you can see what I mean. A Warning Letter is issued in the out of court stage, where we only require the balance of probability as opposed to proving something beyond reasonable doubt for court. As we escalate through the approach we would require CCTV and witness statements. Now that this letter has been issued to the individual, we have a foot on the ladder of the incremental approach. Hopefully this has the desired effect and the individual will cease their behaviour, but if they do not, then we can escalate our enforcement to the next stages. 

Chris and I appreciate all the reports and information you have given us over the past few weeks about this and other Anti-Social Behaviour in Irthlingborough. As a result, this past month we have issued two Anti-Social Behaviour Warning Letters and issued to notices to riders about their manner of driving under Section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002. 

I have provided a link to the Anti-Social Behaviour page on our website here, which has useful information and an online reporting tool. You can click on the link here to learn more about Section 59 of the Police Reform Act.

All the best, 

Callum & Chris

PC 764 Callum Hurst 
PCSO 7186 Chris Burrows