Public spaces protection order

Well, a lot of cities and counties are trying to crack down on people driving them on pavements or driving them dangerously.

E-scooters are explicitly named in many policies on antisocial behaviour, like the Public Space Protection Order in Leicester City Centre, for example.

Just this month in Bradford, a planned e-scooter rental trial was paused because of links to theft and antisocial behaviour, the council said.

And police in Surrey have launched Operation Scramble to seize and destroy illegal e-bikes and e-scooters.

I think there were real human rights issues in terms of the publishing of photographs of people under 18.

And that whole idea of what you can do has led to a whole gamut of new enforcement.

I mean, things like criminal behavior orders, public space protection orders, even the knife crime prevention orders are all, if you like, descendants of the ASBO.

I suppose all sorts of intolerances came under the ASBO umbrella and people began to expect things to be done about people putting their feet up on buses and trains.

A new crackdown on antisocial behavior in Woking Town Center has been welcomed by local residents, who have told Surrey Live about the disruption they've seen.

The Borough Council has announced that a new Public Spaces Protection Order will come into force this October with the aim to stamp out behavior that is distressing to the public.

The order puts limits on those drinking alcohol, using face coverings, or acting in a way that is likely to cause harm, and those found to breach the order without a reasonable excuse can be issued a fixed penalty notice.

The crackdown comes during a time when residents are concerned about crime in the town center.

Mm-hmm.

So from tagging, using better targeted tagging of these individuals, um, from using a lot of the public safety protection orders that you can, uh, issue, PSPOs, um, from getting the criminal justice system to actually work better.

Mm-hmm.

'Cause as a mayor, you have convening powers to actually challenge the HMC, uh, His Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Services.