A total of nine fixed penalty notices for dog fouling have been issued across the county since environmental crime enforcement officers started patrols in Septermber.

The statistics were given to members of Tenby Town Council at their meeting on Tuesday night, after they had discussed the matter at their previous meeting, requesting that the the environmental crime enforcement company ‘District Enforcement’ in partnership with Pembrokeshire County Council be tasked to conduct further patrols in the resort in an attempt to clamp-down on dog fouling offenders.

The town clerk, Andrew Davies, told members that since starting their duties on September 10 of last year, a total of nine fines had been issued between then and December across the whole of the county.

As well as dog fouling, enforcement officers have the powers to issue on-the-spot fixed penalty notices to those caught littering and flyposting.

Deputy Mayor, Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown, said that a total of nine fines dished out to offenders across Pembrokeshire wasn’t enough, with Mr. Davies stating that nine was a start, as there hadn’t been any issued in the previous five years for dog fouling.

“We get so many complaints about dog fouling on the streets and pavements of Tenby, I do think these enforcement officers need to spend more time around these parts to find out who the culprits are,” commented Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter.

Clr. Laurence Blackhall said that it would be useful to have Tenby specific reports on fines handed out by officers in the town.

Mr. Davies recently told members that he had raised the matter with Pembrokeshire County Council’s environmental services operations manager, Neil McCarthy, who stated that he would task the enforcement officers with patrolling Tenby in a bid to clampdown on the problem.