Officers investigating the theft of a catalytic converter from an elderly woman’s car while she was shopping in Blandford are issuing CCTV images of two suspects.
They are also issuing an image of a vehicle believed to be involved in the incident, which occurred in the car park of Tesco...
Officers are issuing a warning to members of the public following a series of reports of scam calls in North Dorset.
A number of reports were received of calls made to members of the public - mostly in the Shaftesbury area - on Thursday 20 August and Friday 21 August...
A man who was involved in the supply of cannabis in the Sherborne and south Somerset areas has been ordered to pay back just over £100,000.
Dennis Terry Michael Julian, 36 and of Wingfield Road in Sherborne, was jailed for two and a half years following a hearing at Bournemouth...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a reported shooting incident in Blandford.
Dorset Police was called at 3.17pm on Sunday 9 August 2020 by the ambulance service to reports a woman had been shot with a BB gun as she was getting out of her car on...
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...
Detectives investigating a reported aggravated burglary in Blandford are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
Dorset Police received a report that at around 2.30am on Sunday 12 July 2020 a group of three or four men had forced their way into an address in Victoria...
More than 200 serving police officers in the UK have convictions for criminal offences including assault, burglary, drug possession and animal cruelty, Sky News can reveal.
Forces across the country employ at least 211 police officers and PCSOs who were guilty of crimes, according to data released under the Freedom...
The use of Stop and Search by police against Black people in Dorset has reached unprecedented levels. Black people are now 31 times more likely than white people to be stopped under these powers. Shockingly, this is the highest rate of Stop and Search of an ethnic group of any police...
Dorset Police is thanking its communities and visitors for contributing to a largely peaceful weekend following the lifting of further COVID-19 restrictions.
The Force had been planning extensively with partners throughout the lockdown period for the lifting of restrictions in our region and the past weekend saw the reopening of...
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...
