Police Activity Newsletter - Issue 10

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POLICE, CRIME & ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR UPDATE 1st - 15th September CRIME OVERVIEW Crime remains constant in most categories. There continues to be concern regarding theft of pedal cycles with 36 offences; a large proportion of these were from staff at the BRI. We are working with the hospital management teams who have put in additional security which has reduced offences to zero. Please pay attention to the security of staff or public cycle stores you provide. If you would like advice on increasing security, please contact your Beat Team. There has been an increase in assaults with the majority linked to the night time economy, however, three are

linked to youths gathering around Wapping Wharf and the amphitheatre. There have been four thefts of or from hand bags

CYCLE-BASED ASB Over recent months, there has been an increase in cycle-based anti-social behaviour (ASB) across the city centre. A large group of youths have been riding bikes through the city, pulling wheelies into oncoming traffic, cycling dangerously, being verbally abusive, and failing to comply with traffic law. At times, there have been as many as 200 youths on bicycles. We are in the process of identifying and disrupting the members of the group who

have now started to refer to themselves as the ‘Wheelie Boyz’. We have requested our police bicycle team to assist and work with the local Beat Team to deal with the group positively and effectively. The police are looking to implement ASB legislation and to seize some of their bikes as required, as well as working with schools to educate them of the dangers this activity can bring.

which may be linked a prolific offender responsible for previous spate of offending who has recently been released from custody.


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