Drivers handed official warnings after car meet in Peterborough

It took place at the Serpentine Green car park in Hampton

Author: Henry WinterPublished 12th Feb 2024

Drivers who took part in a planned car meet in Peterborough at the weekend - have been handed official warnings by police.

From 5pm on Saturday (10/2) to 7am on Sunday (11/2), a dispersal order covering the whole of Cambridgeshire was put in place following information about a car meet planned to take place in Peterborough on Saturday evening.

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 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.

Whilst carrying out patrols at the known hotspot locations for these meets, neighbourhood officers moved up to about 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.

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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