In recent weeks, dozens of Islanders have said they have heard cars racing in the early hours and during the day.
Inspector Cathy Davison said the police were ‘actively seeking opportunities to disrupt this behaviour’ and would pursue legal charges where criminal offences had taken place.
Meanwhile, Trinity Deputy Hugh Raymond – a former head of the honorary police force – said that nuisance drivers were speeding in the lane where he lives.
Insp Davison said: ‘Since its launch in July last year, Operation Canvas has continued at pace to crack down on the antisocial driving we continue to see across the Island. The operation is largely intelligence led, and works in conjunction with honorary police colleagues and DVS to target those drivers and riders who continually disrupt the Island’s communities, often in the early hours of the morning.
‘We are actively seeking opportunities to disrupt this behaviour, and where criminal offences have taken place we will pursue legal charges. Our Community Policing Team are regularly engaging with their parishes and have been given very useful information from parishioners that is allowing us to develop our plans and identify the hotspots for this offending.’
Officers were stationed at hotspots around the Island last weekend to conduct road safety checks, with words of advice issued to drivers on more than 40 occasions.
Many Islanders have highlighted their areas as hotspots on social media, including Trinity, St Peter, Springfield Stadium and between St Aubin and Beaumont.
Deputy Raymond, who lives on La Verte Rue in Trinity, was woken up at around 2am on Thursday morning by one driver speeding along his road in the latest disturbance.
He said he had a meeting the day before with police in the parish, where the problem was discussed. He said there had been complaints from residents about bikes, as well as cars.
‘We would love to catch them,’ said Deputy Raymond.
The disturbances could happen anytime between midnight and 3am in his lane, he said, but the timing was not consistent.
It had been a nightly occurrence but there had been nothing for a few days until Thursday.
‘I live in one of the narrowest lanes in the parish,’ said Deputy Raymond, which drivers ‘for some reason take delight’ in rushing down.
Part of the problem, he said, was that residents were usually asleep when the drivers came around, and so by the time they got up the cars were gone and residents did not have enough time to take down any registration numbers.
The police also issued an appeal last week asking the public to be their eyes and ears and report dangerous driving, with witnesses encouraged to contact them directly via online platform jersey.police.uk and click on the link to ‘Report bad driving/riding’.
