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Labor is promising new police powers to swiftly dispose of noisy filth and four-wheelers causing havoc in neighborhoods as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour.
Keir Starmer’s party also wants to increase on-the-spot fines for using off-road bikes or ignoring officers’ instructions to stop to just £100.
The shadow home secretary, Yvette Coopersaid that if Labor wins, the general election police will be given the power to take the bikes, which are a “nightmare for communities”, off the streets for good.
Under plans outlined in the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Express, police will be able to dispose of anti-socially used off-road bikes within 48 hours.
Currently, bikes confiscated by officers must be held for two weeks before disposal, with the high cost incentivizing forces to auction them off and risk returning them to offenders.
Labor will also extend notices to close drug dens from 48 hours to 72 hours, giving police more time to shut them down in court.
Under the party’s proposals, data-driven hotspot management would target the most prolific anti-social offenders.
Cooper said: “Noisy off-road motorbikes driving through streets and neighborhoods, deliberately disturbing and intimidating local residents, are a nightmare for communities. Yet all too often the culprits get away again and again, and even when the police do take action, the bikes end up back on the street.
“Reducing anti-social behavior will be one of the first steps of the next Labor government because everyone needs to feel safe on the street.
“Labour will give the police the powers they need to take illegal, dangerous and anti-social bikes off the streets for good, as well as tough measures to shut down drug dens.”
“We will also restore neighborhood policing, which was smashed by the Tories, and put policing back on the beat where it belongs.”
She is expected to present the visit plans on Sunday.
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