Council quiz police about speeding e-scooters

A police force was asked to explain how it tackled speeding e-scooters by a town council.

Ch Insp Jim Goldsmith, of Bedfordshire Police, and Biggleswade's police community support officer, Ann Jeeves, were invited to speak to the authority during a meeting on 11 March.

Town councillor Duncan Strachan asked the officers what they planned to do about a "proliferation of e-scooters" in the town going at "excessive speeds on the road or the footpath".

According to Local Democracy Reporting Service, Ch Insp Goldsmith told the councillors: "We target them where we can, but we very much do an engage, explain, enforce approach."

He continued: "Much of this is around parents buying these scooters for their children, so you get plenty of young people riding them."

He explained police notices can be issued to riders caught on camera and those that are not insured could see their scooters confiscated.

Strachan also shared concerns about people using the two-wheeled vehicles to deliver food.

Ch Insp Goldsmith said: "Part of the challenge, having had a trial in Cambridgeshire, is we'll probably need to tell the public on the nights we're doing it not to expect their food because that was one of the feedback points.

"So many were stopped it interrupted the food deliveries through that knock-on impact."

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