Emergency services and other partner agencies across Dorset are working together to highlight the #Unacceptable trend in the number of verbal abuse, assaults or attacks their staff face and the rising number involving threats of COVID-19 infection.During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, police, the ambulance service, the fire service, council,...
With household recycling centres (HRCs) currently closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Dorset Council is asking people to help them in the fight against fly-tipping.
Trips to a household recycling centre are not listed under central government reasons for essential travel, so we have had to temporarily close them. Opening...
Tributes have been paid to serving Dorset Police Sergeant Ian Woodward who very sadly died in Bournemouth after a period of illness.
Ian, who was 56 years old, died at his home just before 10am on Monday 30 March 2020.
He had been unwell since Christmas and had been off sick...
Officers investigating an alleged dangerous driving incident in North Dorset are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
It was reported that, at around 2pm on Tuesday 31 March 2020, a black BMW 3 series was seen to drive dangerously past police in Le Neubourg Way in...
Officers investigating an alleged assault on a Police Community Support Officer in Shaftesbury are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
At around 2.15pm on Monday 30 March 2020 the victim – a female PCSO who was on duty - reportedly approached a man in the town...
Events have continued to move at great speed. I indicated during the course of last week that we would keep them under review. As the Prime Minister has been telling the country, the spread of COVID- 19 has continued to accelerate. The clear message from Government is to take...
A drink and drug driver who caused a crash near Blandford that resulted in a pregnant woman sustaining serious injuries has been jailed.
Christopher Ian McCall, aged 34 and of Langton Road, Blandford, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday 19 March 2020 to be sentenced after admitting causing serious...
Message from Assistant Chief Constable Mark Callaghan, who is leading the police response for COVID-19:
"I would like to reassure our Dorset communities that we have taken all necessary steps to ensure we can continue to protect you, prevent crime and uphold the service that keeps you safe day in,...
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...
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...
