Dorset Police has welcomed the news that the Force has been successful in its bid to equip more frontline officers with Tasers.
In February the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner submitted a bid to the Home Office for additional funding and it has been announced that Dorset Police...
Dorset Police has demonstrated a proactive and innovative approach to addressing impaired driving during the festive season through their ‘Festive Feedback’ campaign. This initiative, launched in conjunction with the national Operation Limit campaign, successfully combined enforcement, public engagement, and awareness efforts to target drink and drug drivers, resulting in...
Officers investigating an assault in Blandford are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
At around 5pm on Sunday 1 March 2020, a 14-year-old girl was walking along The Close near to the junction with Dorset Street with a friend when she was approached by a group...
A North Dorset resident was recently taken to court for non-payment of a Fixed Penalty Notice, issued for abandoning a vehicle on a residential road.
Gary Castle, 21, of Wyke, Gillingham was successfully prosecuted at Weymouth Magistrates last week (9th January 2020) under Section 2A (1) of the Refuse Disposal Amenity...
Officers are urging residents to remain vigilant following three phone scams across Dorset.
At 1.28pm on Wednesday 11 March 2020 Dorset Police received a report from a Poole woman, aged in her 80s, that she was called by someone who claimed to be a police officer in Croydon. They advised...
A man has admitted stealing cash from the home of a vulnerable woman in Sherborne.
Dale David Bool, aged 31 and of Hillcrest Road, Templecombe, Somerset, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Friday 21 February 2020 where he admitted an offence of theft. He will return to court to be...
Officers have made an arrest after executing a warrant as part of an investigation into a reported commercial burglary in North Dorset.Officers from the Sherborne and Bridport Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPT), Rural Crime Team (RCT) and Force Support Group (FSG) executed a Section 8 PACE warrant (Police and Criminal...
Officers investigating the theft of a digger from a farm in Middlemarsh are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
At around 1.15am on Tuesday 10 March 2020 the victim was woken by the sound of the digger’s engine starting up. A red pick-up style truck towing...
Officers investigating a burglary in Sherborne are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
Between 10.30am and 3.45pm on Saturday 8 February 2020 a burglary occurred at an address in Ridgeway. The victims returned home and discovered that a number of rooms in their property had been...
Officers are appealing for information and urging residents to remain vigilant following a spate of burglaries in Shaftesbury.
Three of the offences have occurred during the night at residential properties and local officers are warning homeowners to make sure their dwellings are properly secured.
During the early hours of Saturday 14...
