The feral e-bike yobs have won. They taunt me in public after I was forced out of the police for daring to tackle them, reveals hero officer By IAN GALLAGHER Published: 20:10 EDT, 29 March 2025 | Updated: 20:15 EDT, 29 March 2025 e-mail View comments A sunny spring morning, and retired police constable Tim Bradshaw is strolling along the promenade in Bognor Regis. Though no longer in uniform, his is still a recognisable face.
He's popular too. Locals stop and wish him well. Even an ex-con, prolifically tattooed, nods approvingly as he passes.
Near the bandstand, an elderly man turns to his friend sitting on a bench. 'That's the copper who knocked those little scumbags off their electric bicycle,' he says, gesturing with his stick. 'Good on him,' replies his suited pal.
Many in this south coast resort believe Mr Bradshaw, 55, deserves a medal. But while his actions on the night of November 3, 2022, afforded him minor celebrity status, and were applauded not just here but across the country, Sussex Police took a different view. No matter that Mason McGarry and Dominic Mizzi, the 'feral' pair whose e-bike Mr Bradshaw nudged with his patrol car, had terrorised his town.
No matter that after they were taken down the crime rate dipped. What seemed to matter to Sussex Police was teaching their award-winning, uncommonly dedicated officer a lesson. They did so without seeming much interested in his explanation for what happened.
If they had asked he would have said he used 'tactical c.