Officers investigating burglaries at a recycling centre in Sherborne are issuing a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to.
At approximately 7.35pm on Monday 18 October and 11.50pm on Sunday 24 October 2021 the Sherborne Household Recycling Centre in West Mill Lane was broken into.
On both...
More than 300 firearms and ammunition were handed in to Dorset Police during a nationally held firearms surrender. The campaign, led by the National Ballistics Intelligence Service, ran for two weeks and ended last Sunday (26/11). Items surrendered to Dorset Police are as follows: · 93 air weapons including air...
The Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner is currently recruiting for independent members of the public to sit on police misconduct panel hearings across Dorset and Devon & Cornwall Police.Police & Crime Commissioners have a statutory responsibility to ensure that independent panellists are present at police misconduct panels...
Officers investigating a burglary at a church in Gillingham are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
It was discovered at 9am on Thursday 3 June 2021 that entry had been forced to St Benedict’s Church in Cemetery Road. It is believed the break-in occurred between 11am...
Young women in police custody are being deprived of support to safeguard their mental health, a report has claimed. The study by Independent Academic Research Studies (IARS), found that underlying mental health issues can go unnoticed and undiagnosed in custody. Young women interviewed for the study stressed the importance...
A man has been jailed for dangerous driving after his car mounted the pavement and ploughed into door staff at a Bournemouth nightclub.
Shailem Dodson, 20 and of Gunville Down Road in Blandford, pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to dangerous driving, drink driving and assault by beating. He was sentenced...
Dorset Police is working in partnership with Alzheimer’s Society, to establish ‘Safe Havens’, a local initiative which aims to make people with dementia and related conditions safe in their communities and homes. The Safe Havens will be located in approved care homes or day centres, where anyone who is living...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an assault in Sherborne.
At around 10.35pm on Saturday 10 October 2020 an altercation occurred outside Olivers on Cheap Street between a male victim and two men.
It is reported that the offenders punched the man in the face. The victim fell...
The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit has this morning (18 February) arrested a man in Dorset as part of an ongoing investigation into the online sale of counterfeit airbags to the public. As a result of this enquiry officers have alerted 680 people believed to have...
Dorset Police is asking local residents and holidaymakers to know the signs of county lines and help keep Dorset safe.
Superintendent Rob Chalkley, of Dorset Police, explains: “County lines refers to a process where drugs gangs exploit children and vulnerable adults and make them courier drugs and money across the...
