Cumbria Police have insisted that they are seeing ‘positive results’ at an anti-social behaviour hotspot in Carlisle.

Hammonds Pond has been at the venue for a number of anti-social behaviour incidents over the past 18 months and beyond and the police now have put in place dedicated officers for the area.

But despite the efforts of police, anti-social behaviour persists at the pond with a local resident complaining of the use of off-road bikes on the foot paths.

Steph Counter described how her and her three-year-old child having to walk past a large group openly smoking week before being ‘narrowly avoiding’ being run over by two youths on a scooter.

In a video seen by The News and Star, the youths can be seen riding dangerously close to pedestrians on a footpath by Hammonds Pond.

Cumbria Police seized a catapult just this week following reports of children causing suffering to wildlife at Hammonds Pond

One of the group was seen using the catapult on CCTV, with police saying 'further intervention' will be carried out with the young person.

Numerous anti-social behaviour incidents have been reported at Hammonds Pond and a group of youths fishing caused the death of a cygnet last year.

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A spokesperson for Cumbria Police said: “Hammonds Pond benefitted from money from the Safer Streets funding which was used to provide additional lighting to reduce the dark spaces within the park and therefore make it a safer space 24/7.

“We have dedicated officers for the area, and we have had some positive results recently such as seizing catapults and dealing with groups of young people for anti-social behaviour.  

“Officers are aware and seen the video however its quality doesn’t assist in helping to identify the riders.

“We have re launched an operation around off-road bikes and recently did some posts to inform people around laws which can be found on the Carlisle page.

“We also continue to need the community to help us by reporting incidents to us and identifying the individuals concerned as they will be likely from the local area.”