Police are to carry a day of motion to sort out issues with off-road bikes on the footpaths round houses in West Lothian following the arrest of an adolescent in relation to incidents .
Police had scheduled an occasion for early September however plans have been scrapped following calls for on police numbers after the Queen died on September 8.
On a current spherical of native space committees - the most recent being Whitburn and Blackburn - the newly appointed group officer Sgt Lee Brodie mentioned he recognised how severe the issue was and was now new dates to carry a day of motion.
Councillor George Paul, the Whitburn LAC chair raised the difficulty, highlighting fears for folks exiting backyard gates straight into the trail of youths using down the footpath from Longridge highway to Polkemmet Highway.
“That path passes by folks’s entrance gates. These motorbikes are whizzing alongside this path and so they’re additionally tearing up the soccer park. Residents are complaining about it and I've raised it many instances. I'm simply ready for somebody getting injured.”
There have been accidents in North Livingston, together with a police officer who was pressured to take early retirement after being struck by a bike. Final month a woman was injured. Police have since reported that an adolescent has been arrested and charged .
In a current publish on social media native police mentioned: “Following complaints from the group, a 17 12 months previous man has been recognized, arrested and charged in relation to utilizing an off highway bike on public footpaths within the Livingston space and a report will likely be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
“West Lothian Police want to thank these locally which have assisted with our enquiries."
At this month’s assembly of the North Livingston LAC Councillor Andrew Miller mentioned: “Should you ask most individuals within the north of the city what’s the largest anti-social difficulty will probably be off-road bikes, and never on the roads however on the footpaths.
“I can establish one avenue in Deans alone the place there’s two homes the place these function from and so they don’t appear to have any consequence.
“How can we catch them, how can we cease them?”
Sergeant Brodie advised that committee officers had achieved letter drops in several wards all through the previous few weeks and that the day of motion can be rescheduled for the Autumn.
He added: “Please be assured it’s one thing that’s very a lot on my radar and I've been taking steps to handle.”
When you have any details about these utilizing off-road bikes on public footpaths in your group please contact Police on 101 or by way of the ‘contact us’ kind right here
Alternatively in the event you want to stay nameless please contact the unbiased charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.”
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