Cambridgeshire Police break up huge ‘meet’ as 150 cars gather at car park ‘hotspot’
Cambridgeshire Police broke up a planned car meet at the weekend, which involved over 100 vehicles. Officers issued official warnings to drivers who attended the planned car meet in Peterborough[1] on Saturday (February 10).
From 5pm on Saturday to 7am on Sunday (11 February), a dispersal order covering the whole of Cambridgeshire[2] was put in place following information about the planned meet. The order was granted under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and allows police officers to direct a person to leave the area specified within the order if there are reasonable grounds to suspect their behaviour has contributed or is likely to contribute to members of the public feeling harassed, alarmed, or distressed, or the occurrence of crime or disorder.
Officers on patrol moved up to around 150 cars that had gathered in the Serpentine Green car park in Hampton. Two section 59 warnings under the Police Reform Act 2002 were issued where vehicles were being used in a manner which caused alarm, distress, or annoyance. The notices are placed on both the driver and the vehicle, meaning should either be found to be involved in anti-social behaviour again, the vehicle can be seized.
Inspector Connor Hall, from Peterborough’s Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Thanks to the information that we received, we were able to act quickly and get a county-wide dispersal order put in place. Car meets and the associated anti-social behaviour is an ongoing priority for our southern Peterborough Neighbourhood Policing Team and is something that we will continue to work at tackling.”
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