SpringWatch moves up a gear
Bikes seized in Sutton Heath
Nuisance riders in Sutton Heath have been stopped in their
tracks after police officers seized an off-road machine as part of
the SpringWatch campaign.
Agencies including St Helens Council, Merseyside Police and
Helena Partnerships are targeting anti-social behaviour as the
nights get lighter.
And with off road vehicle nuisance one of the first priorities,
the St Helens Community Safety Partnership is already making
headway.
After complaints from residents a Helena neighbourhood officer
spotted youths using the bike on footpaths near an estate in Sutton
Heath and passed on information to the police. Mobile CCTV cameras
also recorded the incident.
The bike was then confiscated by officers who also impounded a
second, uninsured bike from an address in Sutton Heath.
St Helens Council's Anti Social Behaviour Manager Colette
McIntyre said: "Riding any of these machines on public land, parks,
pavements, waste ground or footpaths in St.Helens is illegal"
"If you're using a motor vehicle that's causing - or is likely
to cause - alarm, distress or annoyance to others, your vehicle
will be seized."
![Sutton Heath Bikes seized](http://safer.sthelens.gov.uk/SITEMANV2/image?id=4800)
Caption: Seized…Constable Jordan Quinn (left) and Special
Inspector Jack Woodward with the seized machines