Nuisance Off Road Vehicles
08/03/2021
Kent Police Announcement
We wanted to make you aware of a recent operation that was organised on 28th February that focused on tackling nuisance off road vehicles.
We covered the whole area of the North Downs between Blue Bell Hill and Lenham whilst focusing on the regular problem locations. The day was very successful and we managed to stop and deal with multiple nuisance riders and had a strong presence in the rural communities. We want to take the opportunity to thank the residents in the affected areas for reporting the nuisance activity to us on the day.
Please feel free to share these results and/or press release to any interested parties and local news outlets.
The full press release that was posted on the Kent Police website and social media channels:
Sunday 28th February 2021
Resources: Officers from Maidstone Community Safety Unit, Maidstone Community Protection Team, Medway Community Safety Unit, Medway Town Team, Tonbridge & Malling Community Safety Unit, Rural Task Force with Drone capability, West Division PCSO Task Force, Specials Tasking Unit.
Vehicle seizures: 5 motorbikes seized (3x No Insurance, 2x Used in Crime and no insurance), 1 burnt out 4x4 recovered
Section 59 Warning: 10
Covid-19 FPN: 16 + many more given advice
Arrests: 3
Community Engagement: LOADS! From reading through the returns there were a lot of members of the public out and about on Sunday and said how much they appreciated our presence and visibility.