--- title: Kingdom’s Environmental Protection Services Front Page News in Barnsley description: Kingdom’s Environmental Protection Services Front Page News in Barnsley --- [Latest Security News & Blog Articles | Kingdom Services Group ](https://www.kingdom.co.uk/blog) # [Kingdom’s Environmental Protection Services Front Page News in Barnsley](https://www.kingdom.co.uk/blog/p609) Written by [Kingdom](https://www.kingdom.co.uk/blog/author/kingdom) | Aug 21, 2014 10:39:00 AM We [recently reported](https://blog.kingdom.co.uk/2014/08/kingdom-providing-environmental.html) that we’re delighted to have won four contracts to provide [Environmental Protection services](https://www.kingdom.co.uk/services/environmental-protection/) in Barnsley for the next 12 months, tackling litter and dog fouling on behalf of [Barnsley Council](https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/). Full details of the services we are providing can be seen [here](https://blog.kingdom.co.uk/2014/08/kingdom-providing-environmental.html). We were pleased that an article entitled “Private enforcers brought in” about the services Kingdom are providing was on the front page of the [Barnsley Chronicle](http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/) on Friday 15th August. The article, by Alison Burkinshaw, read as follows: *AN ENFORCEMENT team has been set on in the north east area to clamp down on issues such as dog fouling, littering and illegal parking. * *The area council, which covers the wards Royston, Cudworth, Shafton, Grimethorpe, Carlton, Lundwood and Brierly, is paying for the move.* *Coun Joe Hayward, chairman of the North East area council, said getting an enforcement team in had been a priority for some time.* *“Two enforcement officers from environmental protection agency Kingdom started work last week.* *“They have been given maps with ‘hot spot’ areas that are being highlighted as a concern to us by residents.”* *Coun Steve Green said current ‘hotspots’ are Royston and Cudworth parks, but each area within the north east has issues.* *“Anyone can ring in and tell councillors what areas they think are a concern.* *“This will get passed down to the enforcement team at our monthly management meetings”.* *Enforcement officers Maria Broxup and James Lovatt can issue fixed penalty notices to people if they catch them littering and not cleaning up dog mess.* *Maria told the Chronicle: “The penalty for dropping litter is £75 and for not cleaning up after your dog its £50.* *“We can issue these on the spot. People are then given a 14 day discharge where they have the chance to pay the money, if they don’t legal action is then taken.* *“We want to do everything to let people know about the new robust enforcement, so we’ve been putting up dog fouling stickers, and have updated social media.* *“We don’t want people to turn around and say ‘I never knew about the new enforcement team’.”* *James added: “So far we’ve been travelling around the area, and getting ourselves familiar with the hotspots.* *“We’ve also had the chance to get to know the people who live around here and let them know what changes are going to be happening.”* *Manager of the project in the north east, Steve Gillespie, said the enforcement officers will be going undercover sometimes to catch people out.* *“We know when people spot someone in uniform they are less likely to litter, so we’ll be catching people out by not always having a uniform presence.”* *Coun Hayward said he welcomed the north east area having its own enforcement team.* *“This is something the public have been asking for a long time.”* *Caroline Donovan, area manager for the north east, said it’s impossible to judge which part of the district has the most problem areas.* *“We cannot judge at the minute as we haven’t got out own findings, it wouldn’t be fair to say.”* *Jim Packer from Kingdom said: “I get a direct notification every time a ticket is issued.* *“So with this information we will be able to tell what area is the worst for these sorts of crimes.” * Kingdom’s Environmental Protection teams are led by experts with an ex-police and military backgrounds. They deliver over 130,000 Environmental Protection hours each year on behalf of local authorities like Barnsley Council. For more information about our Environmental Protection services, click [here](https://www.kingdom.co.uk/services/environmental-protection/) to visit the Environmental Protection section of the Kingdom website, or [here](https://www.kingdom.co.uk/Brochure/LegalAndEnforcement/index.html) to download our online Environmental Protection brochure. 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