This certainly beats the suggestion I saw previously where the NPCC were investigating the possibilities of equipping police with EMP guns to stop e-bikes
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Like there aren’t far more important crimes being committed that should have priority when allocating the limited police resources. 
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Yep, right up to the point where an accident is caused because of the way these unlicensed, uninsured idiots ride around with no regard whatsoever for other road users or pedestrians. 
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Locally - the guy that was put in hospital for 3 weeks after being beaten up would still like the police to pursue the case for which I have video evidence of the guy with the baseball bat leaving the scene of the crime.
“Insufficient evidence” they claim.
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Or anything else, really 
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Not to mention these riders are typically using the bikes to commit crime, and it’s not just the offence of the bike itself
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My point is - “Had they committed (other) crimes requiring the surveillance?”
And when someone has been almost killed (intentionally) that can’t be arsed to lift a finger.
Not taking anything away from this horrendous crime, but “insufficient evidence” could be because the guy attacked can’t identify the assailant and the police are unable to positively identify him from your video footage to progress the case. I have no doubt that should further evidence come to light, then the investigation would move forward.
He can easily be identified. Corroborates the identification by 3 witnesses.
Then I am at a loss as to why the police aren’t taking further action, unless there is something going on that is not being made public at this time.
These biles can go so fast. The drones are pretty much the things tgat can catch them… not sure if some drone operators who take a police test (like a motorbike C B T) could be involved. Without me thinking immediay of the negatives my thoughts are, police could use a broadcast system on phones to drone operators who register and pass a flying test who are local to the area of the problem. If they are lucky enough to find someone there and free then that person could be valuable. How easy that would be to work but police on foot or in cars do not have a chance.
That’s a complete non story - why the BBC have even posted it is beyond me. The main issue is the public don’t understand policing, the mechanics behind it or the processes followed. This is not helped by the fact that the processes followed change dramatically between each force area. That footage is no different to anything captured by NPAS multiple times a day across large urban forces. And the electric bikes used by the people you see in that video are normally stolen themselves, used to steal/commit crime and also present a serious risk to life of the public by virtue of how they are ridden. This isn’t some one off special operation shown, it is just a mundane day to day incident of some youths that would have been involved in something else that isn’t part of the detail in the tiny news release given.
It is also not a tactic of any sort, a drone cannot engage a motor vehicle just the same as NPAS cannot engage one, you can’t make a requirement to stop from an aircraft therefore a pursuit would never materialise from the use of such policing tools.
I have no idea of your incident Ozonevibe but again presume there is much more to it. There is a difference between identifying a crime has happened on camera and being able to identify exactly who has committed it. What were the circumstances and have you followed it up for a rationale as to why there would be no further action?
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Probably because Welsh police media teams were pushing it after this
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Seems to me that for years now, that people sympathise more with the crims than the police. Back in my youth, people would have just said “serves them right, they shouldn’t have been breaking the law.” Nowadays call we get is “ They were only having a bit of harmless fun.” 
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Which seems to come largely from the parents
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Yep and lesser relatives/ friends/ friends of friends, etc, etc.
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And to a certain extent the police with all this CRO and out of court disposal bollocks
The perfect description of Just Eat delivery riders!
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How many times nowadays are you undercut by a moped and or E-bike on a food delivery?
One of the first things I had rammed down my throat when I got my first motorbike… Never Undertake, its the short cut to the morgue.
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