Update:
A man from Bournemouth wanted for failing to comply with his licence conditions has been arrested.
An appeal was issued by officers searching for Lawrence Best, aged 52, who was wanted after failing to comply with his licence conditions.
Lawrence has been arrested and recalled to prison.
We would like to thank...
Emergency services and other partner agencies across Dorset are working together to highlight the #Unacceptable trend in the number of verbal abuse, assaults or attacks their staff face and the rising number involving threats of COVID-19 infection.During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, police, the ambulance service, the fire service, council,...
Officers investigating an assault on an elderly man in Christchurch are asking for the public’s help to identify the suspect from CCTV.
At 9.20am on Monday 7 October 2019 the victim – a local man aged in his 70s – got onto the 1A bus on Barrack Road.
The driver told...
Many people on social media have criticised Dorset police in recent days for their disproportionate stop and search activity against BAME members of communities.
'Racial disproportionality continues to be high for black people across Dorset. In 2017/18, black people were stopped and searched at approximately sixteen and a half times...
The chief constables of Devon & Cornwall Police and Dorset Police, in discussion with both police and crime commissioners, have been progressing with the proposal to merge the two forces since the announcement was made last September.
Police and Crime Commissioners Alison Hernandez (Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)...
Officers investigating a racially-aggravated assault in Bournemouth are releasing a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident.
The incident happened at around 3.10pm on Sunday 9 December 2018 in Beales on Old Christchurch Road.
The victim - an Indonesian woman aged in...
A man has been sentenced after admitting to killing a woman at a hotel in Bournemouth.
Stephen Cole, 32 and of Bournemouth, appeared at Winchester Crown Court and admitted a charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility on Tuesday 4 May 2021. He was sentenced at the same...
Today, 21 January 2019, Dorset Police has launched the next phase of their campaign to raise awareness of dangerous drug networks – known as “county lines” – and how members of the public can help spot the signs of criminal exploitation happening in our communities.
Superintendent Caroline Naughton explains: “The...
Officers investigating a racially aggravated public order incident in Bournemouth are issuing a CCTV image of a woman they would like to speak to.
At approximately 10.35pm on Saturday 3 August 2019 a group of black women went to the toilet in the Slug & Lettuce bar on Richmond Hill...
A man has been charged with murder and has appeared in court in connection with the death of a woman at a Bournemouth hotel.
Dorset Police was called at 8.01am on Wednesday 9 December 2020 to a report that a woman had very sadly been found deceased at the Travelodge...
