Inspector Bill Whitehead said stopping people riding bikes on pavements is not part of "the police strategy" (The Argus, October 6).

This strategy (which, no doubt, my council tax helps pay for) may contain all kinds of glamorous, high-profile crimes but my safety and welfare are put in danger by these louts on their flying bikes several times a day while I'm walking to and from work - far more often, I estimate, than all the other criminals put together.

-Paul Davey, Brighton