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Met Police demonstrate effectiveness of “tactical contact” against scooter gangs

Published 26 November 2018
By James Allen
Thanks to new strategies such as "tactical contact", Scotland Yard says motorbike crimes in London have fallen like-for-like by 36%.

Met Police only solved 3% of scooter crimes

The Met Police weren't able to solve 97% of crimes by scooter riders — despite the force increasing its capacity to tackle these incidents.
Published 13 August 2018
This is not a moped

Identifying mopeds and scooters

Recent news reports about "moped gangs" suggests there is some confusion about the definition of moped.
Published 08 June 2018