HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Officials say they hope to crack down on stunt driving in the area in the near future, as a resident questioned the township’s policy on it.

As part of his public comments Tuesday, Franklin Avenue resident Tom Whiteford asked police Chief Brenda Freeman about the ruling on side-by-sides and motorcycles in the community.

“As soon as 2:00 comes, school’s out, and it’s not just the kids — it’s the parents, they’re riding motorcycles that don’t even fit them,” Whiteford said. “No mufflers on them, and it’s just up and down the street.”

Freeman said the issue was an “ongoing battle,” and the police department tries to enforce what it can.

“The problem is that a lot of these people take off on us, and once they get into the woods, they know the trails — our cars can’t go chasing after them,” Freeman said.

Freeman recalled past cases where officers would try to get behind violators, but they would speed up and enter busy intersections to try and get away.

“At that point, we’re not gonna go after them because they will get hit; they will go to any stretch of means to do that (escape),” Freeman said.

Trustee Jason Tedrow recalled an instance nearly a year ago when a rider did a wheelie past the police department and drove right at one of the officers.

“I get it, everyone wants to have fun; I even had complaints on one in Claremont Heights that I stopped the kid myself and said, ‘Hey, I’ve got umpteen videos, pictures, sent of you doing wheelies and everything else up the road,” Tedrow said. “I said, ‘Your neighbors have reached out and said, Hey, we don’t care if they’re cutting through to get somewhere,’ — that’s one thing.”

Tedrow said he later found the kid at another stop sign on one wheel, and he claimed he was “tuning his carburetor.”

Freeman said the problem has gotten to the point where headstones in the city’s cemetery have been damaged and motorists are crossing through the parks.

“Before, people were respectful; they stayed off the side of the road until they got to the trail or whatever they were doing,” Freeman said. It’s getting out of hand — a lot of people are giving us pictures and videos; we investigate all those, (and) we tow them. We cite them. We follow through with that.”

Freeman encouraged residents to continue providing photos and videos because police officials want to know who the violators are.