Car cruisers have been warned they could be prosecuted if they attend gatherings at a retail park after the installation of a new CCTV camera. It comes after 'numerous complaints' about loud noise from "rumbling engines and screeching tyres, as well as dangerous driving" in the Gedling area.
Police said the high-tech camera, capable of 360 degree viewing, has been put up at the entrance to the site, near the new Sainsbury's, off Colwick Loop Road, following funding from the Safer Streets project. It comes in response to a series of incidents where car drivers have organised unlicensed gatherings which have caused road safety, noise and antisocial behaviour concerns from local residents and businesses.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire secured £3 million from the Home Office’s Safer Streets fund in the summer. The force has been working with partners across the county to implement a range of schemes to tackle neighbourhood crime, antisocial behaviour and violence against women and girls.
