Two Dorset Police officers who were viciously attacked after stopping a man driving erratically have been nominated for a Police Bravery Award.
Police Constable Charlotte Harvey and Police Sergeant Simon Kempton have been nominated to win an award at the 23rd Police Bravery Awards in London on Thursday 12 July...
Dorset has seen an 8 per cent increase in reported crime, according to the statistics released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the 12 month period until June 2018.
The rise in reported crime in the county compares to a national rise of 10 per cent across...
Detectives investigating a report of rape in Sherborne are appealing for information – with a man charged in connection with the incident.
Dorset Police received a report that a woman had been raped at an address in Earls Close in Sherborne at around 1pm on Thursday 7 July 2022.
An investigation...
The chief constables of Devon & Cornwall Police and Dorset Police, in discussion with both police and crime commissioners, have been progressing with the proposal to merge the two forces since the announcement was made last September.
Police and Crime Commissioners Alison Hernandez (Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)...
Police have today, 9 July, launched a campaign to raise awareness of dangerous drug networks and how the public can help spot the signs of these criminal activities taking place in our community.Â
County lines is a term used to describe urban gangs supplying drugs to other parts of the...
Two men have been arrested after officers executed a drugs warrant near Dorchester.
At around 8.55am today, Wednesday 9 January 2019, officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team with support from other colleagues carried out the warrant at two properties in the Wardon Hill area.
Inside four lorry containers officers found what...
Officers investigating a purse theft at a Dorchester supermarket are issuing CCTV images of two men they would like to identify.
At around 1pm on Monday 10 December 2018 a woman aged in her 80s had her purse stolen from her handbag while she was shopping at Waitrose in the...
