POLICE are stepping-up patrols at a rendezvous for people meeting for outdoor sex after residents complained about man in a yodelling outfit being led around on a chain.
Plain-clothed officers have been patrolling a nature reserve after reports of illicit sexual encounters and complaints about suspicious behaviour in Weston Woods, near Baldock, Herts.
An anonymous letter to the local newspaper complained of a man dressed in a yodelling outfit being led around on a chain by another man.
North Herts council has put up signs at the nature reserve’s car park forbidding anti-social behaviour.
Jon Vinem, a Safer Neighbourhoods Sergeant, said: “This kind of behaviour is totally unacceptable in a public environment, not to mention illegal.
“We will work alongside North Herts district council to ensure that dog walkers, walkers and families are able to use the woods and conservation area without trepidation.
“Plain clothes officers will be conducting patrols in the area over the coming months and anyone caught acting in an inappropriate manner will run the risk of arrest for outraging public decency.
“We would also ask any members of the public to immediately report anything suspicious by calling the nonemergency number 101. In an emergency, always ring 999.”