WELSH POLICE IN UK TO USE TUK-TUKS TO FIGHT CRIME

Sun 16 October 2022:

In order to combat crime, police in some parts of Wales have announced that they will use tuk-tuk vehicles.

The Gwent police have recently purchased 4 tuk-tuks to be used in the fight against crime in the Abergavenny and Newport areas, according to the BBC.

According to the report, police will use tuk-tuks to patrol areas like parking lots and walking streets. The vehicles will be kept in “safe areas,” where there is a high likelihood that crimes will be reported or someone will ask for assistance.

Chief Inspector Damian Sowrey said the vehicles had been on show at a recent Behind the Badge day and added: “The feedback was overwhelmingly positive with parents telling officers that they would feel safer knowing that there was support for young people out at night, and from women who could think of an occasion when the tuk-tuk would have been a welcome sight.”

The decision has sparked controversy online with locals questioning how effective tuk-tuks will be in crime fighting.

‘If this isn’t a joke , it’s an absolute embarrassment,’ one critic said online.

Others questioned how much the fleet cost.

While the force has not openly shared how much each cost, one unrelated tuk-tuk seller is currently advertising them online from £10,995.

In a report commissioned by the Newport Council in partnership with Gwent Police, the tuk-tuks were described as a ‘novelty’ which will be used to deliver ‘high visibility reassurance patrols to make residents and visitors feel safer walking around the city’.

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