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Barnsley West

Date published: 23 November 2022 09:33

Welcome message from the Neighbourhood Inspector Rebecca Richardson

Hi, I am Inspector Rebecca Richardson, I cover all areas of Barnsley with the exception of the Town Centre. My teams are broken down into Barnsley West, Barnsley South, Barnsley South East, Barnsley North and Barnsley North East.

I have over 14 years’ experience as a police officer and love working across the Neighbourhood Teams serving Barnsley; our officers have passion and dedication for their areas, creating a safer and more enjoyable area for those who live and work here.

Neighbourhood policing has great benefits, it enables us to work closely with the public, community groups, partner agencies and businesses to be able to reduce crime and solve re-occurring and community issues.

This style of policing enables us to be part of the community and adapt problem solving approaches to local issues.

The past 12 months have been challenging for everyone and officers are keen to start engaging with you face to face again, understand your concerns and take action. We are incredibly grateful for the support given to us during this difficult and challenging time and look forward to seeing you all out enjoying Barnsley once again.

Your local police station is:

Kendray Police Station

Rae House, 72 Cypress House, Kendray, Barnsley,
S70 3LZ

You can contact us:

Penistone - at the September PACT meeting held at St Johns Community Centre the following issue was raised and created as a PACT priority: 

Inconsiderate Parking - vehicles causing obstruction to pavements to prevent pedestrians/pushchairs/motorabilty scooters from accessing the pavement.

Parking outside local schools, at pick up and drop off times.

It is our aim in to increase patrols within the Penistone Wards with a specific focus on parking issues.  We aim to locate vehicles causing an issue,  speak with owners and offer them words of advice. If the issue continues SYP will work alongside BMBC to take enforcement action.

We will be working alongside the local community and business, to educate residents and visitors to area on how to park safely.

We will be undertaking a week of action alongside local schools, to work with parents re parking and keeping their own children safe. We will be asking schools to share this on their newsletters, and we will be promoting on Social Media.

We will be reviewing the PACT priority at the next meeting on 14th December 2022.

Barnsley West - at the September PACT meeting held at Warren Quarry Community Centre the following issue was raised and created as a PACT priority: 

Anti-Social Behaviour in the Stairfoot Ward - local residents highlighted a rise in ASB in the Kendray area, mainly around 5ives Football pitches, the local park and school. The behaviour of this group of youths is having a negative impact on the local community. They are unable to use the park area due to the damage caused to the equipment.

We plan to tackle the ASB at this location by joint working with BMBC, SYFR and Barnsley Academy. We will be undertaking joint patrols, to locate and identify the youths. Once identified enforcement action will be taken.

To prevent/stop the behaviour happening again we will also be looking at long term engagement/diversionary activities.

We will be reviewing the PACT priority at the next meeting on 20th October 2022. 

You said...

At the Penistone PACT meeting in August 2022, the local community said that they wanted a increase in patrols around 'the bungalow estates' due to door to door sellers attending these locations.

We did...

Patrols were done on these estates, offering reassurance to the local community.
A group of door to door sellers were located and one has been charged with burglary due to him entering a property.
Pop up Police stations have been held in prominent areas, to give put information and crime prevention advice to local residents.

You said...

At Penistone PACT in July 2022 you said you wanted more speed checks undertaken with enforcement

We did...

We worked with Safer Camera Partnership doing speed checks with enforcement, the camera van has been out in the local community, Dodworth, Oxspring and Thurgoland, and as a result over 30 tickets are too be issued to drivers.

This will be an ongoing joint work.

You said...

Members of the Dodworth ward contacted local Councillors to raise concernes re speeding at Green Road, Dodworth, coming into the village from Silkstone Common.

We did...

Speed checks were done at Green Road, Dodworth with the Local Councillors. In 25 minutes 35 vehicles were checked coming down Green Road, into Dodworth, 9 of which were going over the speed limit. All drivers were given words of advice at this time.
Enquires are been made into restarting the community Speed Watch.

Upcoming meetings:

Pop Up Police Stations:

Tesco Penistone - 3pm-5pm- Friday 9th December

Community Engagement meetings:

Stairfoot and Ardsley Crime and Safety Group – Tuesday 8th November – 6pm – Stairfoot Communty Room, Wombwell Lane, S70 3NS

Penistone PACT Meeting  St Johns Community Centre, Church Street, S36 6AR on the below dates and times:

Wednesday 14th December 12:30pm-2:30pm

Thursday 26th January - 5pm - 7pm 

Wednesday 8th March - 12:30pm-2:30pm

Barnsley West PACT meeting is held at Warren Quarry Community Centre, Warren Quarry Lane, S70 4ND at on the below dates:

Thursday 1st December 5:30pm - 7pm

Thursday 12th January 11:30-12pm 

Thursday 23rd February 5:30pm - 7pm

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