BIKE LOCKS: What law is this, then?

I WOULD be most interested to hear what obscure part of the Criminal Justice legislation Sgt Shelley Olsen (Where there's a wheel, February 14) is using to justify the removal and temporary confiscation of private property from the street in her "lock it or lose it" bicycle initiative.
By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Feb 2008, 14:18 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 00:50 BST

I had always thought that provided I keep my bicycle roadworthy and do not cause an obstruction, or commit a moving traffic offence, then I had the liberty to make my own decision, however unwise, as to whether I want to lock it or not.

The function of the police is to put into practice the legislation decided upon by our elected representatives.

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This "initiative" is just one amongst many recent examples of the police assuming powers that they don't actually have.

You can also be fairly certain that it will be the thin end of yet another wedge designed to part Joe Public from his hard-earned cash.

What is the betting that the trial period will be followed by a scheme that involves a "release fee", and not too far down the line administration will be handed over to the "blue parasite army" in order to maximise income.

The police have no more right to impound my bike than anyone else does, and should they do so, I suspect that they could be liable to a charge of "stealing by finding".

This is yet another half-baked intrusion on our civil liberties, and should be opposed.

Andrew Lawrenson

Langbury Lane,

Ferring

Keep an on this website for video of the police locking bicycles.

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