OFF ROAD MOTORCYCLES

The team conducts patrols in various areas to target this problem.
Recently we have refreshed visits to garage forecourts to gather intelligence and request that premises do not provide the fuel. You may have also seen other leaflets requesting information about who owns these bikes and where they are kept. Please keep reporting this information via 101 or Crimestoppers.

We have forged good links with landowners to try and prevent land being used in the first place. This work continues and now links into our Rural Crime meetings, where we hold regular public meetings on this issue and also work closely with partners from the Council, Environment Agency, Fire Service, RSPCA to name a few.

Our rural crime/Off road bike team conduct regular patrols with Rotherham South. We have had some considerable successes most recently two individuals found on stolen off road bikes. These are seized and destroyed. The offenders are going to court. Recently we seized a quad from a male in Maltby who drove in to officers before fleeing the scene on foot, he was apprehended shortly after and arrested.

Smaller operations in recent weeks have seen further quads seized in North Anston, Maltby and Kiveton Park.

Anyone found with or using off road bikes unlawfully will be engaged with. They may have the bikes taken from them. We are working with partners at RMBC to look at tenancy enforcement should this behaviour be a breach of a tenancy agreement.

Work is always ongoing in this area as the problem is large and widespread. Please continue to report activity and more importantly report who owns these bikes and where they keep them.

ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

We regularly conduct joint patrols with RMBC for visibility and reassurance in the area. This also has a diversionary element to assist young people engage in better choices.

We take part in organised litter picks and liaison with RMBC and also recently with the fire cadets on Maltby 'Crags'.

We liaise with local housing providers to take action against tenants with youths who are perpetrators of ASB. Recently we have issued a number of Community Protection Warnings and notices to offenders for them to cease their behaviour, if this does not happen then they will likely go to court and end up with a substantial fine.

We use your calls to prioritise hotspot areas and rely on your support to target our activity.

Please report any issues via 101 as this really does help us to direct our resources in the best way.

POLICE AND PARTNERS TO WORK TOWARDS REDUCTION IN DWELLING, BUSINESS AND GARAGE BURGLARIES.

There have been numerous engagement activities with the locality where advice is offered and practical measures such as faraday pouches being given out is completed. Please look for your next one locally and say hello to our staff.

We regularly utilise data to map hotspots and patrol those to maximise deterrence. A new area is now identified and we are working with detectives to formulate an operation to make that area safer. Watch this space.

A recent success came from Maltby High Street. A serious of commercial burglaries occurred and thanks to joint work with our Response Colleagues and CID department, a local Male was arrested, charged and remanded for numerous offences.

We know there is much more to do. Please give us any information you have no matter how small.
If you cannot make any of our events please take time to research keyless thefts in particular. This will help you to protect your homes.