The Dorset Police and Crime Panel have today, Wednesday 19 October, appointed Colin Pipe as Acting Police and Crime Commissioner. On Wednesday 5 October 2016, Deborah Underhill, the Police and Crime Commissioner’s wife, was taken seriously ill and has been in Southampton General Hospital since, receiving treatment for a...
Dorset Police have welcomed the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) Rape Monitoring Group Report which was published today, Thursday 13 October 2016. The HMIC Rape Monitoring Group report inspects the national response to the rape of adults and children, and provides an analysis of how rape is dealt with locally...
An award ceremony was held in recognition of Dorset Police staff, officers and volunteers, along with members of the public, who have made a contribution to keeping the county safe. Deputy Chief Constable James Vaughan and the High Sheriff presented the various awards at the ceremony, held at Cobham...
For the last year I have been campaigning for the Home Office to carry out a full and frank review of small port security and it’s clear they’ve done very little to increase protection to our coastal borders. Just this weekend there were six people, including two children, who...
Dorset Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) have welcomed a report which concludes that the Force manages its custodial services well. The report followed inspections conducted jointly by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). They assessed the strategy in place to manage Dorset...
Dorset Police’s Roads Policing and ‘No Excuse’ teams have launched a new operation in an attempt to prevent prolific road offenders from causing serious injuries and fatalities on roads throughout the county.The ‘No Excuse’ team currently deploys to areas where the public have expressed concerns, to areas of high...
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Martyn Underhill, has implemented the eight key manifesto pledges he aimed to achieve during his first 100 days of his new term of office. These eight commitments were: Introduce a 101 service improvement panel which would use members of councils, voluntary groups...
Dorset Police is expanding the team that deals with cases of online child abuse in response to rising demand. An additional officer has already joined the Paedophile On-Line Investigation Team (POLIT), and another two are expected to join the team by the end of the month. POLIT is formed within CAIT...
Joining the fight against cyber-crime in Dorset is Jake Moore, who this week started work in the new Cyber-Crime Prevention Officer role. The threat from cyber-crime is a rapidly growing problem nationally for policing and tackling it is a priority in Dorset.The Dorset Police Cyber-Crime Unit is already focused on...
As Word Day against Trafficking in Persons takes place on Saturday 30 July 2016, police remind Dorset residents to look out for the signs.Human trafficking is a hidden crime, which takes place globally and affects people within the UK, including Dorset, today. A form of modern slavery, human trafficking is...
