Barnsley South
Date published: 23 March 2021 14:03Welcome 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:
Hoyland Police Station
Hoyland Rd, Hoyland, Barnsley
S74 0AP
You can contact us:
Insp Rebecca Richardson
Sgt Rebecca Fleming
PC Anton Fretwell
PC Megan Warren
PC Louise Phillips
PC Natalie Edwards
PCSO Shaun McDermott
PCSO Melanie Rowe
PCSO Anthony Thorpe
PCSO Lois Francis
PCSO Malc Burke
The priorities for the Barnsley South Neighbourhood Policing Team are:
- Improving Road Safety/reducing speed
- Continue to tackle nuisance youth/ASB across in the South NPT area
- Continue to disrupt and enforce action against the use of off road bikes/Quads across the South NPT area
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We work closely with our colleagues at the safety camera partnership, and any results we get from our operations are forwarded onto them to process advisory correspondence to the drivers. We also sometimes utilise Sec59 of the Police Reform Act during these ops, and in some cases, issues roadside warning notices to offending motorists. Additionally, I have also volunteered to be involved with the SCP's development of more accurate equipment roll out, and I am awaiting further updates on this.
Our team also often receive reports of speeding and 'boy racer' type behaviour along the Dearne Valley Parkway from Birdwell to Corton Wood Retail Park. To this end, the location receives proactive hi visibility reassurance and deterrence patrols. We have also carried out targeted operations that have included proactive patrolling along the corridor, and engagement visits with the petrol station at Birdwell as this appears to be a congregation spot with their being fast food outlets nearby.
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In January, The Old Forge in particular came to our attention for youth nuisance and general ASB. Members of public were telling us that this was happening regularly, so using the 'you said, we did' theme, we intensified our focus at this location. This has resulted in one officer carrying our an extra 38 proactive patrols of the location. It has to be said that the findings of these patrols didn't unearth a great deal of ASB, but what was discovered was dealt with by way of offenders being removed from the streets, and given ASB warning letters. That officer has been in regular contact with the complainant, and can feedback that she is very satisfied with how we have approached this, and her general perception of the police is good.
There are of course other ASB locations that we patrol, these being Millhouses Street Park at Elsecar (youth nuisance), Elsecar Heritage Centre Car Park (vehicle related ASB) Wombwell Park (nuisance motorbikes).
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Additionally, we have also ran a number of targeted operations with the support from the ORBit (Off road bike intervention unit). These operations are usually ran on weekends and have resulted in a number of machines being seized and offenders warned under S59 of the PRA.
Meeting are currently on hold due to the COVID situation. On line Q&A sessions, however, are taking place on the Barnsley South NPT Facebook Page.
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