Operation Ride-and-Hide targets school rush-hour disorder

Police in Hartlepool have launched an initiative designed to tackle anti-social behaviour during the school rush hour.

Operation Ride and Hide will see officers carry out patrols at schools, as well as riding the public buses that are primarily used by pupils to and from school to help prevent problems.

Acting Sergeant Ricki Mansell, of Hartlepool Police, said: "Our public transport system can get busy during the main school rush hours and we do unfortunately see a significant amount of anti-social behaviour occur during these times." 

Operation Ride and Hide will be carried out for the remainder of the school term and will form part of the police’s existing daily patrols across the town. Plain clothed police officers and members of the anti-social behaviour unit will also carry out undercover patrols.

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