Overview

• Wiltshire Police will launch Operation Jetsom on August 1 with an education phase, then seize and destroy any modified e-bikes and scooters breaking road laws.
• Merseyside Police’s Operation Gears continues through the summer with boosted patrols and chase footage to target vehicles used in drug trafficking and weapons offences.
• Gwent Police’s Operation Harley is using drones and 48-hour crush powers to locate and disable unregistered electric motorbikes and high-speed e-bikes in Newport.
• Private e-scooters remain illegal outside trial areas and any e-bike exceeding 250 watts or 15.5 mph is treated as a motor vehicle requiring licence, MOT, tax, insurance.
• Philip Wilkinson, Police and Crime Commissioner, said rapid destruction of non-compliant vehicles is crucial to deterring youth violence and anti-social riding.