Dorset Police’s roads policing specials carried out high-visibility patrols across Poole on the evening of Sunday, March 29 following complaints about anti-social driving in the areas of Baiter Park, Yarrow Road and Sandbanks.
Officers first stopped a car seen driving erratically in Sandbanks car park in front of their marked police vehicle. The driver was given a ticket and issued with a Section 59 warning notice for anti-social use of a vehicle.
A Section 59 notice is a formal police warning for using a vehicle in an anti-social way that causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to the public.
Later, while waiting for recovery of a separate vehicle of interest near Safety Drive, officers saw a motorbike repeatedly circling the Esso garage. The rider was stopped and found to have no insurance, the wrong category of licence for the bike and no number plate displayed.
The motorcycle was seized at the roadside. The rider was handed a ticket and will have to attend court, where they are likely to face disqualification.
Dorset Police Special Constabulary said: “We will robustly deal with those that cause harassment, alarm or distress to the public with their vehicles.”