999 calling Police.

[clubchamp98]

We have had a fair bit of damage to tees and greens lately by bikes.

We have been told now to call 999 if we see any one on bikes on the course.

I can’t bring myself to call 999 to report a kid on a bike seems OTT.
Apparently we have a dedicated line to the local Police.

Is this a thing I thought 999 was for emergencies only?

 

[Pin-seeker]

We have had a fair bit of damage to tees and greens lately by bikes.

We have been told now to call 999 if we see any one on bikes on the course.

I can’t bring myself to call 999 to report a kid on a bike seems OTT.
Apparently we have a dedicated line to the local Police.

Is this a thing I thought 999 was for emergencies only?

The police actually have officers out on motorbikes & operating drones trying to catch people on dirt bikes.
If you’ve been told to do it,do it.
It’s up to them how urgently they respond.

 

[clubchamp98]

The police actually have officers out on motorbikes & operating drones trying to catch people on dirt bikes.
If you’ve been told to do it,do it.
It’s up to them how urgently they respond.

Yes but it goes against everything I have been taught over the years.

People calling 999 over a lost remote control.?

 

[KenL]

We have had a fair bit of damage to tees and greens lately by bikes.

We have been told now to call 999 if we see any one on bikes on the course.

I can’t bring myself to call 999 to report a kid on a bike seems OTT.
Apparently we have a dedicated line to the local Police.

Is this a thing I thought 999 was for emergencies only?

These kids need the shock of an arrest, might help them in the long run.
Besides, they are causing criminal damage, their age shouldn’t matter.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

If they are causing criminal damage then call the police

 

[Lord Tyrion]

What about using the 101 number and let them decide how to react?

I've used that before, it's a nice compromise.

 

[clubchamp98]

What about using the 101 number and let them decide how to react?

I've used that before, it's a nice compromise.

We used that we have now been upgraded to full on 999.

 

[KenL]

What about using the 101 number and let them decide how to react?

I've used that before, it's a nice compromise.

But they’ve been TOLD TO CALL 999.

 

[Pin-seeker]

What about using the 101 number and let them decide how to react?

I've used that before, it's a nice compromise.

But why not call 999 if they’ve been told to?
It’s probably not just to stop them causing damage to the course.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If they have a dedicated team allocated why not and get them out with their bikes and drones and try and stop this vandalism

 

[Lord Tyrion]

But they’ve been TOLD TO CALL 999.

And @clubchamp98 feels uncomfortable doing so. If he rings 101 they can choose how to treat it based on demand at that moment.

 

[KenL]

And @clubchamp98 feels uncomfortable doing so. If he rings 101 they can choose how to treat it based on demand at that moment.

Well in that case, someone else should be calling 999.

 

[Pin-seeker]

The police a waste of time tbh,regardless of what number you ring.
If they catch the kids,then what?
Nothing.

 

[Wilson]

And @clubchamp98 feels uncomfortable doing so. If he rings 101 they can choose how to treat it based on demand at that moment.

From my experience, by the time 101 answer, the kids will be grown ups.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I think it's more that it's not just you they are causing damage to. There is also a big problem with trail type bikes being stolen, and much public and private land being trashed by them. They have to be stopped, before they damage themselves or an innocent party.

 

[Backache]

Yes but it goes against everything I have been taught over the years.

People calling 999 over a lost remote control.?

Depends a bit what's on. I'm not going to call for Love Island but maybe The Masters final round.

 

[Yorkshire Hacker]

As a lifetime motorcyclist, I am continually appalled at the mindless damage young louts do to golf courses, cricket pitches, football pitches, and playgrounds.
I would definitely phone 999. If I could stop one, I would, side cutters in hand, cut straight through the throttle cable of the miscreant, just to see the look on his or her face. It will be almost certainly a stolen bike.
I hope no one allies these folk to genuine motorcyclists.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

As a lifetime motorcyclist, I am continually appalled at the mindless damage young louts do to golf courses, cricket pitches, football pitches, and playgrounds.
I would definitely phone 999. If I could stop one, I would, side cutters in hand, cut straight through the throttle cable of the miscreant, just to see the look on his or her face. It will be almost certainly a stolen bike.
I hope no one allies these folk to genuine motorcyclists.

Not sure anyone with a degree of common sense would do that. Just mindless feral kids with no sense of fear of retribution even if they are caught. Punishment rarely fits the crime

 

[howbow88]

I remember around where I live, we suddenly had a spate of drug dealers. They weren't subtle, so I started reporting them to the police, along with accompanying photos and videos. Eventually, the police came around to my house and told me to call 999 the next time I saw it happening.

I did just that about a week later, and I was then told by the 999 operator that it wasn't an emergency, so I should hang up and call 101

 

[clubchamp98]

As a lifetime motorcyclist, I am continually appalled at the mindless damage young louts do to golf courses, cricket pitches, football pitches, and playgrounds.
I would definitely phone 999. If I could stop one, I would, side cutters in hand, cut straight through the throttle cable of the miscreant, just to see the look on his or her face. It will be almost certainly a stolen bike.
I hope no one allies these folk to genuine motorcyclists.

Think it’s more electric bikes than motorbikes.

The course has a public path right through it.
It’s totally fenced off but they come through the gates .
Impossible to stop it.