Bridgeport Crackdown Leads To Seizure Of 9 ATVs

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A police operation has seized eight dirt bikes and one quad in an effort to stop residents from illegally operating ATV’s on city streets.

According to a statement from Mayor Joe Ganim, dirt bikes and quads have been increasingly visible throughout the city driving recklessly on city streets, disobeying traffic signals, disobeying stop signs and boxing in vehicles.

The crack down on the vehicles is intended to protect public safety and recognize numerous resident complaints. The police operation targets dirt bikes and ATVs, or mini-cycles operating violating a city ordinance passed in September 2019.

On May 4 the Bridgeport Police task force officers located and seized four illegally operated dirt-bikes. The first operating in Nanagoat Park in the Hollow, two others in the vicinity of Park and Wood avenues, and the last one on Houston Avenue, according to the statement

The task force again organized on May 7 in which five illegally operated ATVs were located and seized. Two were located on Benham Avenue, two operating on State Street and Lee Avenue, and one on Shell Street.

All illegal ATVs were seized, towed and all drivers were issued a five hundred fine for violation of the ordinance.