Crime
Crime
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Met Police officer under investigation for ramming moped rider. Could face criminal charges.
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A police officer could be facing criminal charges, after knocking a teenager off a moped while carrying out the Met’s new ramming tactics. An investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) was launched after the ‘crash’ in Eastern Way, Erith, at about 02:15 GMT on 7 November last year. The officer carried out…
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Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick defends new tactics to tackle ‘moped’ gangs. “We’ve had to put the fear back into the criminal.”
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The Metropolitan Police’s tough new approach to ‘moped’ crime was unveiled at the end of last month, with dramatic footage of officers ramming fleeing thieves off their scooters in London. So far, the tactic has received a lot of praise from the general public and former officers – despite some people, including Labour’s shadow home…
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POLICE respond to Diane Abbott’s CRITICISM of Met’s new RAMMING tactics.
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Police forces across London have responded to Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott’s criticism of the Met’s new tactic of ramming fleeing scooters and motorcycles – as they attempt to fight crime in the capital. The Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington took to Twitter to say that officers are “not above the law”…
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VIDEO: Met Police (finally) gets TOUGH on scooter crime. Footage of officers RAMMING riders.
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The Metropolitan Police Force has just released footage which shows its new tactic to stop offenders of scooter and motorcycle crime in their tracks – in an attempt to curb the crime wave in the capital. The growth of scooter-related crime has exploded by 1,000 percent over the last three years in the UK – but…
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NEW GEAR: Geotekk SMART bike lock and alarm system. Kickstarter campaign goes live TONIGHT.
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Geotekk, a British-based startup which is focused on combating bike theft has just unveiled its new smart bike locking system, called the Limpet Lock. It’s a clever bit of kit which works via a geofence – a virtual geographic boundary set by the owner. What that means is that if your motorcycle is moved outside…
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SECURITY: Piaggio joins forces with TRACKER to help keep your pride and joy safe.
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Piaggio has just announced it’s going to be offering access to vehicle tracking units from the UK’s leading stolen vehicle recovery expert, TRACKER. Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia and Moto Guzzi dealers across the UK are helping buyers of Piaggio Group machines, (including the Vespa GTS 300, Piaggio Beverly 300, Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 and Aprilia’s range of…
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New police camera can catch speeders and phone users driving nearly ONE MILE away
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POLICE have unveiled a speed camera capable of spotting speeding drivers from nearly a MILE away. The new bit of kit is currently undergoing in-field use by police in Gloucester to tackle offences like speeding and tailgating, but the quality of the image delivered at extreme distances is claimed to be so good that it…
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VIDEO: Dubai cops on flying motorbikes to be a reality by 2020
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OK, so we weren’t expecting to be living a Bladerunner existence just yet, but surely what we have here is the start of it. Dubal Police has begun officer training on how to ride flying drone-powered motorcycles and the force says it wants two officers on patrol within a couple of years. Reports have confirmed…
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CHANGES to the Highway Code to help PROTECT bikers and cyclists. NEW method for opening car doors.
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The Department for Transport is considering adding the Dutch Reach to the Highway Code – meaning you may soon be obliged to open car doors in a whole new way. For the uninitiated, the Dutch Reach is a method for opening cars doors which was thought to have been pioneered in the Netherlands in the ‘70s.…
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VIDEO: Hunting STOLEN bikes in Bristol.
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Following the surge of motorcycle and scooter thefts over the last couple of years, a group of bikers in Bristol are taking direction action, using social media to track down nicked bikes and reunite them with their owners. And the BBC has spent some time with group, creating a short documentary about its efforts. …
