OPERATIONS by police to tackle renegade bikers on an estate will accelerate ahead following a public meeting.
More than 30 members of the community voiced their thoughts and feelings about life on the Stanney at Friday evening's Community Action Meeting (CAM), led by PC Peter Goring of Cheshire police.
He said: 'It was a very positive meeting with some good information about various problems on the estate being reported.' Residents identified nuisance quad/ off road biking and nuisance youths as the main problems they wanted to be tackled. A series of operations, including high-visibility foot patrols and off-road police motorbikes, will be launched to target the problems.
PC Goring and Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Mark Delamere were joined at the meeting by borough council housing officer Mike Lane and Stanney councillors Henny Moore and John Wilson. Days earlier, the team carried out a series of tours of the estate looking for signs of social and physical disorder such as graffiti, vandalism, noise and youth nuisance.
Members of the community, including sixth form students from Stanney High, took part in the fact-finding strolls dubbed Cat Walks.
PC Goring said: 'Some of the physical signs of disorder we picked up on during the daytime and evening Cat Walks on the estate were graffiti, litter, abandoned shopping trolleys, damaged street signs and obstructive parking.'
It's the second series of Cat Walks to take place in Stanney Grange - the first series were led by Cheshire Constabulary's Chief Constable Peter Fahy in November 2004.
Problems with nuisance riders and broken street lighting were highlighted as the main issues at the first CAM and since then most of the broken lights have been fixed, and a string of quad bike owners have received written warnings.
PC Goring added: 'We'll continue targeting this minority of trouble-makers until we are happy life on the estate is better for the majority of law-abiding people who live there.'
