Many of us will be aware that this first week of September has seen a sudden and dramatic increase in the anti-social use of scrambler bikes on Rimrose Valley. The same three bikes have been reported over the last week – one is green with white, one is red with white; and one is all white. They are racing up and down at high speed, causing not only a disturbance but also a major safety risk to people and animals. This comes after a period of a few months where the great work of Merseyside Police in conjunction with Rimrose Valley Friends has seen the problem reduce significantly.
Read on for what you can do to help stop them.
The bikes are driven by youths who usually have their faces covered, sometimes with helmets and sometimes with balaclavas or scarves. At times there has been a gang of 15-20 youths gathered on the main Rimrose Valley path between St Mary’s Road and Glenwyllin Road in Waterloo, with them taking turns at driving and riding pillion.
Rimrose Valley Friends has today (7/9/15) engaged with Merseyside Police who are already very well aware of this issue thanks to the dramatic increase in public reports over the last few days and they’re gathering resources to nip this in the bud.
IMPORTANT!! Please phone the police whenever you see or hear motorbikes on Rimrose Valley.
To report a scrambler bike incident or sighting call the police:
• On 101 or 0151 709 6010
• Or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111
• Or if it’s an emergency call 999
Whenever possible please give descriptions of the bikes and the riders as well as the location of where they were seen.
Please ensure your safety remains your number one priority and stay clear, don’t get involved.
Click here for a brochure with more information as well as a colour coded map of Rimrose Valley which you can refer to to help pinpoint their location.
We can’t stress enough how essential it is that you report your sightings, as the police telephone logs are reviewed every day and the quantity of public reports goes into determining how much resource the police will allocate to the issue. The more reports that are made to Merseyside Police the better. The police are clear in telling us time and again that they need us to report everything, the more reports the more they can do to help. They want these bikes being used illegally to be destroyed as much as we do and they need our reports to justify their effort to get it sorted.
Please continue to check our website for updates as Merseyside Police devise their plan of action and progress is made, and click here to read our general information page about this issue.
Thank you
