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Monday, November 18, 2024
We've been made aware of some graffiti in the underpass from Abbotsbury Road to the Swannery which is of a racist nature. If you have any information regarding who might be responsible, please get in contact with us by visiting our website www.dorset.police.uk and quote incident number 24:439. The Local Authority...
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Officers investigating an indecent exposure incident in Ferndown are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 5.10pm on Tuesday 23 June 2020 a group of five teenage girls were walking along Dudsbury Road near to the junction with Ellesfield Drive when they noticed a car...
Dorset Council is seeking agreement to look at measures prohibiting or controlling the use of disposable barbecues and other fire-related activities in the area. In recent years, there have been a number of incidents of fire damage across Dorset as a result of disposable barbecues, bonfires close to heathland and...
Officers investigating the theft by finding and attempted fraudulent use of bank cards in Wimborne are issuing CCTV images of two women they would like to speak to. The victim lost his wallet between 2.35pm and 2.40pm on Friday 29 May 2020 at the Co-op store on Crown Mead. He...
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Officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward after a vehicle made off from police and was seen driving dangerously in Poole. At around 2pm on Thursday 18 June 2020 officers from Dorset Police’s No Excuse team attempted to stop a silver Vauxhall Insignia with the registration FG60...
Officers investigating the theft of a saddle bag from a bicycle in Poole are issuing a CCTV image of the suspect. The incident occurred shortly before 5pm on Friday 29 May 2020. A man was seen to approach a bicycle, which was locked up to a railing outside Poundland in...
Officers investigating the theft of four bikes in Poole are appealing for anyone with information to come forward – with images of the bikes being issued. The bikes were stolen from a shed at a property in Danecourt Road overnight between Wednesday 10 June and Thursday 11 June 2020.  They are...
A man has been jailed for 13 years following a serious assault in Poole town centre. Gary Patrick Sadler, aged 57 and of Victoria Road in Poole, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Monday 15 June 2020. Following a trial at the same court, he was found guilty of...
Last night officers from Team Purple response were called to a group of people in Weymouth Town Centre where the sound of a taser was heard. Officers searched the individuals where a small taser was seized and a male arrested for possession of it. The taser measures a mere 9cm...
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...