Next Thursday (15th November) is the first ever elections across the country for Police and Crime Commissioner's (PCC's). Their purpose will be to represent each county. According to the Home Office the aims of the PCC's are to 'ensure the policing needs of their communities are met as effectively...
A man who provided false medical documents to the courts as he faced legal proceedings has been jailed for three years. John George Berry, aged 53 of Fontmell Magna, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday 5 April 2018 after admitting two offences of perverting the course...
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner Martyn Underhill has welcomed the establishment of a new National Rural Crime Network. The network aims to help tackle rural crime more effectively in England and Wales. The idea originated with the Rural Services Network, a ‘not for profit’ organisation which represents...
The below are the total number of violent crimes recorded by Dorset Police for the 2016 calendar year, broken down into local authority area. This includes incidents recorded as common assault, ABH, GBH, manslaughter and murder. It is not an indication of the number of people arrested or victims....
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Officers searching for a dog reported stolen in North Dorset are able to update that she has been found.It was reported on Sunday 10 September 2023 that Jessie, the German Shepherd, had been stolen from her home in rural Gillingham.
Following enquiries by officers, she has been found safe and...
Enforcement Officers from the Dorset Council Waste Enforcement team working alongside the Council’s Legal team, have successfully prosecuted a fly-tipper from Gillingham.
Gareth John Mills, 34, from Orchard Court, Gillingham, pleaded guilty at Poole Magistrates Court on 9 July to fly tipping in the County of Dorset and failing to...
PCC launches precept consultation Yesterday, 19 December 2017, the Policing Minister announced the proposed level of core funding that will be made available to policing in 2018/19, leaving forces nationally in a difficult position. With police budgets having to absorb unprecedented demand, growing inflation levels and the...
A drunk driver involved in a fatal collision near Sherborne has been jailed.
Mark Andrew Green, aged 44 and of Dumpdon View, Monkton, Honiton, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 24 January 2020 after admitting an offence of causing death by careless driving when over the prescribed limit.
He...
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner Martyn Underhill is appealing for victims of crime from Weymouth, Portland and West Dorset to take their places on a special forum, so he can learn from their experiences and ensure that the needs of victims in Dorset are being met. The...
Officers investigating criminal damage to a car in Blandford are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
Dorset Police received a report at around 7.40am on Friday 24 February 2023 that damage had been caused to a vehicle parked in Damory Court Street.
It is reported that the...
