OffiCers ‘pretend to Call poliCe’

In the Panorama programme, a manager said the company is only interested in working with councils who want to adopt a hardline approach to enforcement.

A trainer also told the undercover reporter that some officers pretend to call the police to make people pay a fine and one officer said he often pretended to call them to encourage alleged offenders to launched in September last year, Ashford council leader Gerry Clarkson said the softly-softly hand over personal details to issue tickets.

An officer also explained on the hidden camera that he will step away from alleged offenders when speaking to them, which can naturally make them step away from the dropped rubbish, allowing them to to issue the ticket.

Any decision to prosecute alleged offenders is made by area authorities, not Kingdom.

‘I was hitting out a lot of tickets. I think the most I made just on the bonus was £987’

approach of educating and encouraging people not to drop litter was not enough.

He said: “Those who are doing it will face a heavy fine. We are determined to stop it, it’s one of our Conservative local manifesto pledges.

“The wilful disregard for everyone else is simply not fair on the public. Let nobody be in any doubt about our resolve to stop those who are flouting the rules.”

Footage featured in the BBC1 Panorama programme, which was captured using a hidden camera