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If most moped crimes are committed by felons with pre-stolen scooters, how difficult can it be for plod to run any pillioned moped's plates through ANPR, with any sus plates resulting in a stop-and-search? Obviously this suggestion is based on the premise that there's actually enough plod to be out on the roads, but hey, one can dream.
finger_jockey
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Who would it negatively impact to give greater stop and search powers where there is a scooter/moped with a pillion passenger?
Of all the people I know who commute, or just generally get around by moped, I don't know anyone who relies on it as a mode of transport for more than themselves. Obviously, I don't know everyone, hence my question.
But it seems that many of these attacks or thefts involve a pillion passenger. If the reasonable grounds for suspicion warranted a stop in these cases, I can only imagine that it would catch a number of people going equipped (hammers, knives, bottles of acid, bolt croppers etc.)
When I was a special constable in Clapham, we were tasked with stopping youths on bicycles, as that was what was being used in most street thefts/muggings. But that was obviously too broad an area as funnily enough, most young people on estates were mucking around or just getting about on bikes.