6 days ago
E-scooters could be crushed within 48 hours if used antisocially
Police will get the power to crush e-scooters, mopeds, off-road bikes and cars within hours in an effort to improve issues surrounding antisocial behaviour, mobile phone theft and drug dealing.
Officers will no longer be required to give an offender a warning before seizing a vehicle that has been involved in antisocial behaviour.
They will then be able to destroy the vehicle after 48 hours under powers to be granted by the Home Office.
Currently, forces must wait 14 days before destroying vehicles used in antisocial behaviour but police believe that this period is too long as it allows offenders to reclaim their vehicles and does not provide a sufficiently strong deterrent.
Dame Diana Johnson, the policing minister, announced plans to change the law to bring this window forward to just 48 hours after growing anger at the antisocial use of e-bikes and off-road bikes that was blighting communities across the country. A consultation on the plans has started before ministers bring forward legislation.
