A dog walker 'limbo danced' under a police cordon because he refused to change his regular route.

Swadlincote Police have hit out at people showing a lack of respect for areas that have had to be closed off by officers while they deal with incidents.

As well as the South Derbyshire limbo dancer, Swadlincote Safer Neighbourhood Team has also singled out a number of other people who took no notice of the taped or coned off areas ahead of them.

They include:

• A motorist who drove through a road block and almost hit two policemen

• A driver who 'parped' his horn while two young children were being rescued following a traffic accident

• A cyclist who ignored broken glass on the road to complete his own 'Tour de South Derbyshire'

• A driver who made his feelings known to police with an uncomplimentary hand gesture

Swadlincote SNT explained in an online post: "Sometimes we are required to close roadways, pavements and cycle tracks to protect crime scenes, cordon off potentially hazardous areas and to warn people of impending danger, such as a road traffic collision.

"Most pedestrians and motorists adhere to this because they are aware that the police are actively dealing with an incident.

"But with disappointment, officers have observed a recent rise in recalcitrant and contumacious individuals who show open contempt and disregard for cordoned-off locations.

"Safer Neighbourhood Teams in South Derbyshire are today issuing a plea to members of the public to respect coned and taped-off areas, with officers warning that individuals crossing police tape and entering a crime scene could be charged with contaminating it, as well as facing public order offences.

"In recent months, officers have been stunned by inexplicable responses from some people who have attempted to or broken through police cordons.

"Action has been taken against a series of thoughtless individuals.

" * To the impatient motorist who drove through a police cordon in his Ford Focus before mounting a pavement, nearly mowing down two officers in the process, in a desperate bid to circumnavigate a road closure – what were you thinking?

"The male driver was stopped and issued with a Section 59 notice warning.

"If he is seen driving in the same manner in the next 12 months his vehicle will be seized.

"* To the bold as brass male who performed a limbo dance under police tape after refusing to alter his daily dog walk – what were you thinking?

"Even with a police and ambulance presence at the scene the selfish man strolled through the road closure.

"When officers asked him to cease his unnecessary journey he became argumentative, stating: "I always walk this way, what's your problem?"

"With little self-awareness that he was the unruly enigma, he was escorted from the location and encouraged to perambulate elsewhere, with the added gain of several hundred more steps to his daily exercise routine.

" * To the furious motorist who repeatedly parped his horn at officers as they provided medical treatment and reassurance to two young children trapped in a vehicle following a car accident – what were you thinking?

"The male, who stated he was frustrated at the police presence at the scene of the collision, fled the scene in his car.

"Officers made a note of his vehicle registration and visited the male at his home address and presented him with a fixed penalty notice for disorder.

" * To the cyclist who ignored pleas from fire crews and police officers to get off his bike to avoid broken glass and debris on a narrow country lane following a road traffic collision – what were you thinking?

"The Lycra-clad male weaved around two police vehicles and a fire engine in his determined pursuit to complete his very own Tour de South Derbyshire, before officers caught up with him and told the now chafing male to find an alternative route.

"And it wasn't just the tyres that left the scene with a deflating sensation as he wandered off into the sunset on foot with only his road racing transporter for company.

" * At another South Derbyshire cordoned-off location, the excuses for passing a road traffic accident continued to come thick and fast, only topped by a purple-faced male motorist, with complimentary bulging-eyes, yelling abuse at officers and offering his thoughts with an unmentionable gesticulation of an antisocial nature.

"Officers continue to encourage people to respect police cordons. Emergency tape is not a ribbon that is used as a decoration, it is often in place to preserve a crime scene or warn pedestrians, cyclists and motorists to danger ahead. Firm action will be taken against those people who choose to ignore police cordons."