Officers confront teenagers and search them for catapults and ball bearings

A police force has issued instructions for a 'catapult crackdown' in response to residents' antisocial behaviour concerns. Video footage released by Kent Police shows officers confronting teenagers and searching them for catapults and ball bearings. It comes on the back of neighbourhood reports that catapults were being used to harm wildlife such as seagulls and pigeons, as well as causing criminal damage. The force said that since June it had received 14 contacts a day relating to use or possession of catapults, although that can include reports of the same incident.