Shocked beach-goers told the Daily Echo how they saw officers setting up a makeshift trap to apprehend a male cyclist yesterday afternoon.
It followed reports that seafront manager Chris Saunders had been involved in an alleged incident with a cyclist after asking him to slow down.
“There was one police van, three cars and two woman officers on bikes. There was a commotion and I looked through my binoculars to see them stop this guy and put him into a van.