Ten people have been charged with drink or drug driving offences so far as part of Dorset Police’s Christmas drink and drug driving campaign.They are due to appear at courts in Poole and Weymouth during December 2017 and January 2018.The campaign runs between Friday 1 December 2017 through to...
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...
With the festive season approaching, police expect more people than usual will be out enjoying a drink. Dorset Police is running the annual Christmas drink and drug driving campaign from today, Friday 1 December 2017 through to Monday 1 January 2018. Dorset Police’s Roads Policing and...
Dorset Police is launching its ‘One Punch’ campaign with the release of an emotive video to highlight the consequences of confrontation and violence. In 2016, the Force dealt with almost 10,000 crimes involving violence, with four people tragically losing their life from injuries sustained by a single punch. ...
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....
To Gaia's family and friends:
The last few weeks have been absolute hell for you all. There is not much we can say but the love of the community has said so much. Our thoughts are with you now as much as ever as is our love.
The comments on social...
Officers searching for missing teenager Gaia Pope have discovered the body of a woman near Swanage.
The discovery was made at around 3pm today, Saturday 18 November 2017, by specialist search teams near the coastal path and the field where items of her clothing were located on Thursday 16 November.
Detective...
Scam warning - Residents are being asked to pay tax due to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in iTunes vouchers.Dorset Police has been made aware of a scam whereby individuals are being contacted, in a variety of methods, and told they owe an outstanding debt to HMRC. In one day,...
The family of Gaia Pope would like to make the following statement: We want to express our deepest gratitude to the police, other emergency services and the huge numbers of volunteers and well wishers. The massive effort to find Gaia has been great comfort in what everyone...
Detectives have arrested two people following the disappearance of Swanage teenager Gaia Pope, with searches ongoing to locate her. Gaia, 19 and from Langton Matravers, was staying at an address in Swanage when she disappeared on the afternoon of Tuesday 7 November 2017. Search warrants took place...
