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Dec 2020
Harrogate dirt bike champion is also police off-road motorcyclist
A British dirt bike champion from Harrogate is part of a beefed-up team of off-road motorcycle police officers tackling rural crime in North Yorkshire.
PC Ellie Cooke is the 2019 British Enduro Champion, which is a form of off-road motorcycle racing. She is also the 2019 and 2020 British Sprint Champion.
PC Cooke's riding talent is also helping North Yorkshire Police combat rural and wildlife crime, search for missing people and deter cross-border criminality.
Four new riders recently passed the College of Policing training, bringing to seven the total number of officers operating Honda CRF250L motorbikes in the county.
North Yorkshire Police increased the size of the team in response to rising levels of anti-social behaviour and crime associated with motorcycles.
The force received more than 100 calls about incidents linked to off-road bikes between April and July this year.
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- Local police are upping patrols to limit people from tier three areas travelling into the county.
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PC Cooke, who will will combine her role in the motorcycle team with her job as a response officer in Harrogate, said:
Inspector Kevin Kelly, who developed and implemented the team, said:
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