Reporting Coursing

[llamedos]

Via Ch Insp' Tyner East Lincs Police .

 

[simon-0116]

Is this nationwide or just linc

 

[llamedos]

Is this nationwide or just linc

I will ask him.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Plod doesnt bother turning out for them round here ,,used to put the helecopter up to follow them ,,they dont bother now ,they are not interested

 

[bovrill]

We're told to call 999 if the coursers are still around.

I must admit to trying to catch them myself first, which is something we're told not to do, but from experience the police end up being a bit soft on them!

 

[Lincs Lass]

Local guy here confronted a gang of them last year ,dragged him out of his truck and pushed him in a ditch,by the time PC Useless arrived they had cleared of

 

[llamedos]

Is this nationwide or just linc

Just Lincs at Present time.

 

[llamedos]

Operation Galileo is gearing up to tackle hare coursing and protect farmers from damage and criminality.

After several months respite for farmers, the start of September is traditionally a time when hare coursers begin to become active once more, with the peak months for this illegal ‘sport’ continuing until the end of March. Together with other rural forces, Lincolnshire experienced a significant increase in reports of hare coursing during the 2015/16 ‘season’. During the busiest months of November and December, an average of 15 calls a day were being received, with the South Holland area the hardest hit.

From 1st September 2015 to 31st March 2016 there were 176 men arrested or reported for summons. This was compared to 65 men in the 2014/15 season and represented a 170% increase in our enforcement activity. In addition, 19 vehicles were seized and 93 other men were dealt with by other disruption tactics and enforcement action such as Direction to Leave, traffic offences, etc. In a change in tactics, three dogs were also seized.

Chief Inspector Jim Tyner, force lead for rural crime said: “Operation Galileo continues and I remain determined that we use all legislative powers available to us to deal with the scourge of hare coursing. This season we are focussing on the seizure of dogs used in hare coursing as feedback from the farming community and from those caught hare coursing is that this has the greatest deterrent effect on them. The message from me is simple: get caught hare coursing in Lincolnshire and we will seize your vehicle, seize your dogs and see you in court.”

Lincolnshire Police are also focusing on collaborative work with neighbouring forces that also suffer from hare coursing.

NFU’s county adviser for Holland (Lincs), Gordon Corner said: “Once the extent of the hare coursing issue was understood by Lincolnshire Police, last autumn, Operation Galileo was effective in confronting and in many cases charging illegal hare coursers in the county. The message that Lincolnshire is a no-go area for hare coursers needs to be reinforced with more prosecutions and stronger sentencing. Farmers and growers have been put under tremendous pressure and stress when faced with gangs of hare-coursers – the intimidation and threats of violence experienced by them and their families must not be a feature of every hare coursing season. Lincolnshire Police and the NFU will work together to stamp out this worrying and pernicious crime.”

To help rural communities share information with the police, a new text reporting service has been introduced, funded by the NFU. Users can text the word ‘Hare’ to 80800 followed by additional information, such as vehicle registrations. The 101 number should continue to be used where a police attendance is required and 999 for emergencies.

Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, Stuart Tweedale said: “Whilst there are many challenges to be tackled, I am confident we are in a position where we can and do take up that challenge”.

2 Sep 16 at 9:08 AM

https://www.lincs.police.uk/news-campaigns/news/2016-2/op-galileo-new-text-service-introduced/

 

[Still Farming]

As said on paper and tv like countryfile etc. The police,unions etc.etc. have wildlife officers- action groups-leaflets-and information-but you phone up in the middle of the night about lampers or un-known car in gateways or persons walking with lurchers or carrying unknown items in a gun shape or gun bag in village /street -you really see what happens= Nothing - and you are the one who is made to feel like your wasting everyone's time of day.
Anyhow if they did turn up - nothing is rarely done .

All looks good for their "image", but farmers and landowners know in reality its a joke .

 

[IH 684]

Surely the best way to stop the coursing would be to hide and shoot the dogs with a silenced rifle.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Better still ,,wait till they are half way way across a field ,,find their transport and push it in a ditch ,,my first boss did many moons ago ,,gang of lads left their car up a quite track ,,he watched them get out of range and then went and shoved the car into a dirty great mud hole ,,they had a long walk home

 

[Still Farming]

That's it -and best thing to do with them- but the"likey"or "romainian"crowd love this hand to hand crap and come and nick or burn your barn down stuff.
You can't be everywhere.
Why should we put up with it all !!!

 

[ARW]

First thing plod does here is turn the siren on, that makes them shift before they get near so they don't have to deal with them. It's a joke

 

[JCMaloney]

Must have got one....... http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2017-02-23/car-crushed-in-bid-to-deter-hare-coursing/

I would suggest leaving them in the car but thats not very civilised.....

 

[uztrac]

Norfolk used to put the helicopter up,not sure if it still does however.

 

[Fuzzy]

When i phoned up the Bedfordshire Police to report Coursers on my land there hi tech computer system told them i was phoning from Cambridgeshire. (and yes i do live well inside the Bedfordshire border !) They did send someone out about 8 hours after my call !!!! What a waste of time ...........

 

[db9go]

When i phoned up the Bedfordshire Police to report Coursers on my land there hi tech computer system told them i was phoning from Cambridgeshire. (and yes i do live well inside the Bedfordshire border !) They did send someone out about 8 hours after my call !!!! What a waste of time ...........

Well at least you got a response we are still waiting from before Christmas and after for Thames Valley to get here

 

[devonbrion1998]

Yes its not just the coursing they flatten all the fences and wonder around eyeing up all the outbuildins with
those little rodent eyes..
Last time they were here they had an evenings sport and my log splitter thrown in. pc plod never even came out to busy
looking for someone doing 33mph in a 30 in the midldle of nowhere or sat in mc donalds

 

[PSQ]

Discovered this spring that loose dogs really don't like Portek rockets.
And by the time I saw the 5th one go off I could tell by the screamed f'ing and jeffing that their owners weren't keen either...

 

[unlacedgecko]

Better still ,,wait till they are half way way across a field ,,find their transport and push it in a ditch ,,my first boss did many moons ago ,,gang of lads left their car up a quite track ,,he watched them get out of range and then went and shoved the car into a dirty great mud hole ,,they had a long walk home

I've been reliably informed that the best course of action is to crawl underneath said vehicle and stick a screwdriver through the oil filter. That way the vehicle dies after several miles.

As they will of doubtless been to several farms that evening, they won't know who is too blame.