Illegal e-bikes: Here’s what Aberdeen police are doing to crack down on dangerous riders
Officers are committed to tackling illegal e-bikes in Aberdeen, but more often than not they can't risk stopping riders there and then — making it a challenging issue to face.
" Between January last year and February this year, 36 e-bikes were seized across the city after being used illegally on the roads. "
"He said: “It’s a little bit like our CS spray that we would carry on us, but this is essentially a smart spray. If we fire it at somebody riding a bike, it has no adverse effect — it’s just like being sprayed with water.
“But that water has uniquely coded DNA in it, so if we have intelligence around who might have been using that bike, we can scan them or we can scan the bikes when they’re recovered to see if they were used in certain incidents.
“If somebody’s in custody for an unrelated matter, they would be scanned through an ultraviolet machine, and if there’s traces of this spray on them, we can then identify them as being part of an incident or potentially riding a bike at a specific time.”"
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Officers are committed to tackling illegal e-bikes in Aberdeen, but more often than not they can't risk stopping riders there and then — making it a challenging issue to face.
" Between January last year and February this year, 36 e-bikes were seized across the city after being used illegally on the roads. "
"He said: “It’s a little bit like our CS spray that we would carry on us, but this is essentially a smart spray. If we fire it at somebody riding a bike, it has no adverse effect — it’s just like being sprayed with water.
“But that water has uniquely coded DNA in it, so if we have intelligence around who might have been using that bike, we can scan them or we can scan the bikes when they’re recovered to see if they were used in certain incidents.
“If somebody’s in custody for an unrelated matter, they would be scanned through an ultraviolet machine, and if there’s traces of this spray on them, we can then identify them as being part of an incident or potentially riding a bike at a specific time.”"
Illegal e-bikes: Here's what Aberdeen police are doing to crack down on dangerous riders
Officers are committed to tackling illegal e-bikes in Aberdeen, but more often than not they can't risk stopping riders there and then — making it a challenging issue to face.
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