Police remind of dangers associated with ‘planking’
Written by admin on July 15, 2011
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary are reminding members of the public to be aware of the dangers associated with the so called ‘planking’.
Two youths from the Annan area age 17 and 18 and another two from the Langholm area age 18 and 19 each received £40.00 Anti-Social Behaviour tickets at the weekend after they were found to be ‘planking’ on private property or in dangerous situations.
‘Planking’ is a current and pointless trend were people, particularly youths, lie horizontally face down in inappropriate or severe situations and take photos of there pose. They then upload it to the internet to show off to their friends.
Sergeant Steven Wilson from Annan said: This stupid behaviour may be a bit of a laugh to a few kids; however we have found some youngsters are trying to outdo each other by going to extreme methods or locations to post their picture. We have seen people on rooftops and lying on busy roads where the dangers are fairly obvious.
“We are clamping down on this kind of behaviour because in short, if you damage property or are on private property it is likely to be an offence. If you fall or are injured whilst carrying out these actions, the emergency services have to come and spend time helping you when this could easily be avoided. We are not actively trying to be a killjoy on this trend but the people involved must put a bit of perspective on it all. It might be fun and a laugh to compete with friends, however you would not like a stranger damaging your own property and more significantly, you would not want any harm coming to your friends and family due to an irresponsible prank.
“Consider other peoples property, belongings and be careful, don’t take risks when you do not need to.” Or even better just give it a miss altogether and find something more suited to your age to spend time doing!
